Huge fire breaks out at oil refinery in southern Iran June 02, 2021 A huge fire has engulfed an oil refinery situated in the southern part of the Iranian capital Tehran, Iran s semi-official news agency Tasnim reported. Courtesy photo
TEHRAN A huge fire has engulfed an oil refinery situated in the southern part of the Iranian capital Tehran, Iran s semi-official news agency Tasnim reported.
According to local media reports, there were so far no casualties.
All operations were suspended at the Tondguyan refinery as firefighters tried to put out the fire, local media said. A leak at a liquid gas pipeline at the facility sparked the fire, Mansour Darajati, the head of Tehran s crisis management organization, told state TV.