The number of victims of a powerful explosion in the port of Bandar Abbas in Iran has increased to 516 people. The cause of the emergency was a fire in the fuel tank. The main thing for this hour:
— On the afternoon of April 26, an explosion occurred in an administrative building in the Shahid Rajai port, at about 12:30 local time, Mehr reports. The port is located in the city of Bandar Abbas on the shores of the Persian Gulf, in southern Iran.
— The first explosion in Bandar Abbas was weak. The cause could be lithium metal, which is used as solid fuel for rockets.
— The exact location of the explosion has not yet been established. Local news outlets are reporting about the administration building, others about a fuel tank that exploded.
— At least 100 people were hospitalized, the number of victims has already exceeded 500 people.
— Air traffic over the city is temporarily suspended.
— Shahid Rajai Port is the largest container port in the country, with an area of 2,400 hectares. More than 70 million tons of cargo are processed here annually.
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