Fire at an oil refinery in Iran

A fire broke out at an oil refinery in the Iranian city of Shushter. On social networks, city residents publish videos showing visible clouds of black smoke above the enterprise.

The Iranian Tanzim agency wrote that fire crews from neighboring cities were involved in extinguishing the fire.

The governor of Shushtera told reporters that the cause of the fire was “human error”: the driver of a fuel tanker crashed into a fuel storage facility.

According to preliminary data, one person was killed and four more were injured.

Iranian authorities claim that the situation at the enterprise is under control.