Fire flares at Iranian power plant, latest in series of incidents
A fire broke out at a power station in southwestern Iran on
Saturday, Iranian media reported, the latest of several recent fires and
explosions some of which have hit sensitive sites.
The blaze, which affected a transformer in the power station in
the city of Ahvaz, was put out by fire fighters and electricity was restored
after partial outages, Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, a spokesman for state-run power
company TAVANIR, told the semi-official news agency Tasnim.
On Thursday, a fire broke out at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility
but officials said operations were not affected.
A former official suggested the incident could have been an
attempt to sabotage work at the plant, which have been involved in activities
that breach an international nuclear deal.
Nineteen people were killed on Tuesday in an explosion at a
medical clinic in the north of the capital Tehran, which an official said was
caused by a gas leak.
On June 26, an explosion occurred east of Tehran near the
Parchin military and weapons development base that the authorities said was
caused by a leak in a gas storage facility in an area outside the base.
