A massive explosion and fire strikes Iranian port and injures at least 281 people

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News Source : Financial Post

News Summary

  • The blast happened at the Shahid Rajaei port just outside of Bandar Abbas
  • The port handles some 80 million tons (72
  • 5 million metric tons) of goods a year
  • Authorities offered no cause for the explosion hours later, though videos suggested whatever ignited at the port was highly combustible
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) The number of injured from an explosion Saturday at a port in southern Iran jumped to 281, the staterun IRNA news agency reported.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLYS [+3736 chars]

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