TEHRAN, Dec 27 (NNN-TASNIM) – At least 54 people were injured, in an explosion and the consequent fire at a paint manufacturing plant, in the north-western Iranian city of Tabriz.
The blast occurred at Mamaqan Shahid Salimi Industrial Park, yesterday afternoon, affecting around 150 individuals, of whom 54 have sustained injuries, Hamid Monajjem, managing director of East Azarbaijan province’s Red Crescent Society, was quoted as saying.
He added that, firefighters are trying to contain the fire.
A medical expert of the provincial emergency organisation, said that, 25 of the wounded were transferred to a hospital, of whom 10 are in critical condition, while the others received first aid at the scene of the incident.
The cause of the explosion has not been determined yet.– NNN-TASNIM
