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Fire Erupts At Petro Shushtar Refinery In Iran's Khuzestan Province | Video

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According to official media on Tuesday, there was a fire at the tiny Pars Petro Shushtar refinery in the Khuzestan region of Iran that claimed the life of at least one worker. The governor of Shushtar town was quoted by Iranian official media as saying that "the fire is under control, but firefighters and rescue workers remain on alert at the scene."

The event is being investigated, according to a local official, which put the reason of the incident "to a tanker collision with gasoline tanks". A local official in Khuzestan, a region in southwest Iran, informed state news agency IRNA that many persons had also sustained injuries.

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