TEHRAN, Iran — A fireplace at Iran’s oldest and largest refinery within the southwest killed one particular person, state media reported Sunday.
A leaky pump in an under-repair unit at Abadan refinery triggered the fireplace on Saturday, killing a employee, in response to the state-owned IRAN newspaper. Firefighters put out the blaze in two hours and operations remained unaffected, the report mentioned.
Iran’s deputy parliament speaker, Ali Nikzad, confirmed Sunday that some staff had been additionally injured, media retailers mentioned.
Abadan oil refinery, some 670 kilometers (practically 416 miles) from the capital Tehran, started its operation in 1912. It’s the greatest within the Islamic Republic, producing about 25% of the nation’s gasoline with greater than 5,200,000 barrels of oil refined every day.
A number of fires have damaged out throughout Iran over the previous week at residential and industrial buildings, with authorities saying fuel leaks and electrical short-circuiting had been responsible.
Iran is likely one of the world’s main producers of oil, although sanctions by Western countries have restricted its gross sales.