Iran: Over 500 injured as massive explosion, fire strikes at Shahid Rajaei port outside of Bandar Abbas

A massive explosion and fire rocked a port on Saturday (April 26) in southern Iran, injuring at least 516 people, state television reported. The blast happened at the Shahid Rajaei port just outside of Bandar Abbas, a major facility for container shipments for the Islamic Republic that handles some 80 million tons (72.5 million metric tons) of goods a year. Social media videos showed black billowing smoke after the blast. Others showed glass blown out of buildings kilometers away from the epicentre of the explosion.

World