Shafaq News/ Iranian authorities said onSaturday that the death toll from the powerful explosion at Shahid Rajaei Portin the southern city of Bandar Abbas has risen to at least eight, with morethan 750 people injured.
Hussein Zafari, spokesman for Iran’s CrisisManagement Organization, said the explosion appeared to have been caused byimproper storage of chemical materials inside containers at the Shahid Rajaeisector of the port.
"The Director-General of Crisis Managementhad warned the port authorities during previous visits and pointed to thepotential risks," he said.
A government spokesman said that while chemicalmaterials were likely responsible, the exact cause of the blast had not yetbeen definitively determined.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered afull investigation into the incident and dispatched Interior Minister AhmadVahidi to the scene. "Efforts are ongoing to extinguish the fire andprevent it from spreading to other areas," Vahidi said.
The explosion shattered windows within severalkilometers of the blast site and was heard as far away as Qeshm Island, 26kilometers south of the port, Iranian media reported.
Earlier, state television cited negligence inhandling flammable materials as a "contributing factor" to theexplosion.
Firefighting efforts were still underway lateSaturday, and port customs authorities announced that the area was beingcleared of trucks. The container yard where the explosion took place isbelieved to hold "dangerous goods and chemical materials," officialssaid.
All port activities have been suspendedfollowing the blast.
Shahid Rajaei Port is a critical part of BandarAbbas Port, Iran’s main commercial hub located in southern Hormozgan province,along the northern shores of the Strait of Hormuz.
Covering an area of approximately 2,400hectares, the port handles about 70 million tonnes of cargo annually across its23 berths, which have a depth of 15 meters. It accounts for roughly 85% ofIran’s total port loading and unloading operations.
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