5 people killed, injured in explosion in Tehran

SANAA, July 7 (YPA) – A huge explosion occurred on Tuesday, in the company “Sabhan Birch” in the Kahrizak region, south of the Iranian capital, Tehran.

“The cause of the explosion, which killed two people and wounded three, is negligence in filling the oxygen capsules in the Baqer Shahr area,” Amin Babai, the governor of the Kahrizak district located on the southern outskirts of the Iranian capital, Tehran, told reporters.

Babai added, “The explosion occurred at 3:20 am today, Tuesday, at Baqer Shahr Tourist Street, and the fire brigade intervened quickly and the fire was contained.” Noting that “next to this workshop there is a Sephan spray complex and the walls of this complex were destroyed as the workshop was damaged.”