A fire at an Iranian oil refinery in Tehran’s Shar-e Rey district killed six workers and injured two others on Friday but firefighters have brought it under control, state TV reported, according to Reuters.
Since sanctions were lifted last year
under a 2015 multinational nuclear deal, Iran has signed contracts with foreign
firms to repair and modernise its oil refineries.
“The unit that caught fire was under
construction. Six workers were killed and two were injured. The fire is under
control now and other units in the refinery were not affected,” Governor of Rey
district Hedayatollah Jamalipour told TV.
“Unfortunately technical problems caused
leakage of oil that led to explosion and fire.”
Iranian media earlier reported that
three workers were injured.
Tehran’s emergency services head, Pir
Hossein Kolivand, told state TV that both of the injured workers were in a
critical condition, with 90 percent burns.
