More than seventy workers were injured in a deadly gas leak in an operator in Ahwaz city in southern Iran, two in serious condition
Wounded from chlorine leak in Iran
Iranian media reported Saturday night (between Saturday and Sunday) that seventy workers at the Petrochemical "membrane" plant were injured and treated for chlorine inhalation, two of them seriously injured.
In a video distributed on social networks in the country, the gas, in greenish yellow color, appears as it diffuses into the air in the factory areas. Then factory workers are seen receiving treatment at the clinic, some in distress.
Earlier today, Saudi news network "Al Arab" reported a major explosion in the power plant complex near Ahwaz city in southern Iran and widespread power outages as a result.
The blast reportedly took place at the al-Zargan power station, located several miles north of Ahwaz. Photos released from the scene show a thick black smoke pillar and miraculous workers from the scene. Government officials told the ISNA news agency that it was the explosion of one of the transformers in a facility caused by the heavy heat.
Iranian news agency ISNA reported that the fire is still burning but is under control. One firefighter was injured during the fire, the news agency said. Social networking reports also claim chlorine leakage in a plant near the power plant, but reports have not yet been verified.
Meanwhile, no casualties were reported in the blast and Iran's media did not disclose the nature of the incident. In the past year, Ahwaz has seen a large uprising of the Arab-speaking population against the authorities and several terrorist attacks by extremist organizations on symbols and regime troops. However, some Arab-language media outlets in the Persian Gulf have reported that the location of the blast, near the facility's transformer unit, is similar to an explosion that occurred at the Nantes nuclear facility and may turn out to be a cyber attack.
This is the fifth mysterious explosion in Iran since last Friday, when a gas plant exploded at a rocket base in the Parchin complex, south of the Tehran capital. Since then, an explosion has taken place in a clinic in the northern capital and a major fire has also taken place at the Nantes nuclear facility.