(Bloomberg) Iran’s Tehran Oil Refinery has suspended all operations, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, after a gas leak caused a massive fire sending black plumes of smoke across the city’s skyline.
Iran says refinery engulfed in fire to be back online Thursday
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Iran says refinery engulfed in fire to be back online Thursday
The Tehran Oil Refinery suspended all operations on Wednesday after a leak at a liquid gas pipeline caused the blaze
June 3, 2021
An oil refinery in Iran’s capital that was engulfed in a huge fire will be back online by Thursday, Iran’s official
Shana news service reported, quoting oil minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh.
The Tehran Oil Refinery, in the south of the city, suspended all operations on Wednesday after a leak at a liquid gas pipeline caused the blaze that sent massive plumes of black smoke across the city, state TV reported earlier, quoting the director-general of crisis management for Tehran province, Mansour Darajati.
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DUBAI Iran’s largest navy ship the Kharg sank on Wednesday after catching fire in the Gulf of Oman, but the crew were safely rescued, Iranian media reported.
No further explanation was given for the latest incident in a region of sensitive waterways, where there have been accusations of attacks on ships owned by arch-enemies Iran and Israel.
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State TV said the fire on Iran’s highest-tonnage naval vessel started around 2:25 a.m. on Wednesday (21:55 GMT) near the Iranian port of Jask, where it was on a training mission.
An oil refinery in Iran's capital that was engulfed in a huge fire will be back online by Thursday, Iran's official Shana news service reported, quoting Oi.
June 3, 2021 at 1:49 pm | Published in: Iran, Middle East, News
A picture taken late on June 2, 2021, shows fire raging at an oil refinery in the Iranian capital Tehran. [VAHID AHMADI/TASNIM NEWS/AFP via Getty Images] June 3, 2021 at 1:49 pm
A massive fire that erupted last night at an oil refinery near Iran s capital Tehran is still raging despite attempts to extinguish it. There have been no reports of casualties.
Exhausted firefighters rest after fighting a massive fire at Tehran s Oil Refinery last night. pic.twitter.com/o7MkuaXR8w
The Tondguyan refinery, which is run by Tehran Oil Refining Co, has reportedly ruled out the possibility of sabotage. According to