Multiple outlets report that a massive explosion and fire devastated an Iranian port Saturday in the southern part of the country, killing at least eight people and injuring approximately 750 others.
According to CNN, the explosion occurred at the port of Bandar Abbas in southwestern Iran.
A massive explosion, possibly caused by ammonium nitrate the same highly-explosive chemical which caused the Beirut explosion in 2020, has rocked the port of Bandar Abbas this morning in Southern Iran. Iranian media is reporting over 400 injures, while the death toll is still… pic.twitter.com/TrVkR70Zzy
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Per CNN:
The explosion sent a huge plume of thick, gray smoke from the Shahid Rajaee part of the port complex, according to videos geolocated by CNN,
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