At least 14 people have died, six are missing and more than 750 have been injured by a Huge explosion occurred this Saturday in the port of The city of abbasin southern Iran, according to the last balance provided by the Iranian government.
Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni, has provided the new balance of victims, according to the Iranian official news agency, Irna. In addition, he has indicated that of the More than 750 injured200 have already been discharged and another 300 are hospitalized.
“Up to 27 people have had to undergo surgery,” explained government spokeswoman Fatemé Mohayerani, according to Iranian media. Mohayerani stressed that the president, Masud fishshkian, has ordered “quickly investigate the incident” And that Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has already moved to Bandar Abbas.
“The Blood Bank, the team and medicines are provided by the University of Medical Sciences of Hormozgán. Active and passive defenses are activated and the situation is together under control“He added.
As for the cause of explosionMohayerani has asked “to wait until the expert work necessary to determine the reasons for the accident and avoid speculative statements.”
Emergency spokesman Babak Yektaparast had previously advanced the number of injured by the detonation, which has forced the fifteen ambulance mobilizationSy four medicalized buses to the scene of the accident to transport the injured.
The injured have been transferred to the Shahid Mohammadi hospital, to the Sayyid Al Shuhada hospital, to the Hazrat Sahib Al Zaman hospital, to the Jatam al Anbiya hospital and the hospital of the martyrs of the Persian Gulf. In addition, they have prepared 90 beds in hospitals from the city of Shiraz as if necessary to move to injured there.
Iranian port authorities are investigating the reasons for the explosion. The Port Customs Office has published a statement in which it suggests that the cause of the explosion is probably a fire declared in a chemical warehouse that would have caused a chain reaction of other deposits with flammable material.
The images of the Iranian official media capture A smoke column hundreds of meters high and the explosion has felt in cities located kilometers away.
The president of the country, Masud fishshkian, has expressed his “deep regret and sympathy for victims” and given order to “investigate the situation and the causes of the incident.”
Fishshkian has ordered mobilize all necessary resources To attend to the injured and have remained aware of the latest information about the incident.
