According to state media reports, at least four people have been killed and another 500 wounds after a mass explosion in the city of southern Bandar Abbas.
The explosion occurred in the port of Shahid Rajaee on Saturday morning, exploiting windows from nearby office buildings and causing the roof of at least one collapse structure.
The images captured the chaotic consequences, showing the people fleeing from the docks and others who lay injured in the street. There have also been reports of trapped individuals under the collapsed walls.
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The authorities said a fire is still in the site, with images that show huge black smoke clouds that undulating the docks. The workers rush to evacuate and transfer to the injured to the nearby hospitals.
“Some workers are still trapped under collapsed roofs and we are trying to rescue them,” an official told local media, according to BBC Persian.
The footage shared online shows the people who prepare at the time of the explosion before fleeing from the panic area.
The witnesses reported that the explosion occurred after a small fire on the dock extended to containers that store “flammable materials”, the most likely of chemicals.
“The fire spread rapidly and caused an explosion,” a witness told local media.
A crisis management official also declared: “The source of this incident was the explosion of several containers stored in the Shahid Rajaee Port Wharf area,” according to the BBC Persian.
Residents who live several kilometers away reported having heard the explosion.
Shahid Rajae is the largest commercial port in Iran, located in the province of Hormozgan along the southern coast of the country.
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