At 28, the number of deaths increased this Sunday due to the huge explosion that yesterday shook the port of Shahid Rajai, in the city of Bandar Abás, in southern Iran. The emergency has left more than 750 people injured.
“28 people have so far died in the explosion of the Shahid Rajai port and 20 people are in intensive care units”the head of the Iranian Red Crescent, Mohammad Javad Kulivand, reported on Sunday according to the Irna state agency.
Previously, the judicial head of the province of Hormozgan, Mojtaba Ghahremani, had reported the death of at least 25 people and said that 10 of them, two women and eight men, had been identified.
Explosion in Iran leaves 28 dead and more than 750 injured
The country’s crisis management organization reported in its last statement that some 752 people have been transferred to medical centers since the outbreak occurred, whose majority have been discharged after receiving medical care.
-“190 people are currently hospitalized”the document said.
In addition, hundreds of people received outpatient treatment at the place of the explosion, which occurred after several containers that supposedly contained chemicals and were stored in one of the docks of the port of Shahid Rajai were caught fire.
The outbreak was so strong that He could feel up to 50 kilometers awaycaused a tremor in the nearby areas, shattered the windows of the buildings and damaged the cars parked around the port.
Iranian president, Masud fishshkian, ordered an investigation last night to clarify the causes of the incident in the port of Shahid Rajai, the most modern and important of Iran, located in the Ormuz Strait, which manages more than 55% of exports and imports in the country, 70% of its port transit and more than 80% of container traffic.
