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Explosion, subsequent fire at steel plant in Iran

Explosion, subsequent fire at steel plant in Iran

Tehran, Nov 26 (UNI) One person has died, and two others sustained injuries as a result of an explosion and a subsequent fire at a steel plant in the Iranian province of Yazd, the ambulance service said on Friday.
"At 3:35 p.m. local time (11:35 GMT), a fire broke out during welding operations at the explosive Bafq steel complex, as a result of which one person died immediately, and two injured were delivered to a hospital in [the city of] Bafq," the Tasnim news agency quoted the ambulance service as saying.
The cause of the incident is being investigated.

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