Fire rips through Iran chemical factory near holy city of Qom

Twenty fire engines and 150 firefighters were dispatched to the site, the semiofficial ISNA news agency quoted Qom fire department spokesman Hamid Karimi as saying. (File/AFP)

• The cause of the blaze was not immediately known
• Karimi said the firefighters managed to stop the fire from reaching alcohol tanks

TEHRAN, Iran: A chemical factory near the central city of Qom caught fire Sunday, Iranian media reported, a blaze that injured at least two firefighters.
Videos showed heavy black smoke rising from Movaledan chemical factory in the vicinity of Qom, one of Iran’s prominent religious cities.

صبح امروز آتش‌سوزی مهیبی در شهرک صنعتی شکوهیه قم ‌در محل شرکت مولدان رخ داده.
سخنگوی آتش نشانی قم: یکی از خودروی آتش‌نشانی در این علمیات به کلی دچار حریق شد و دو تن از همکاران آتش‌نشان نیز به شدت دچار مصدومیت شدند. pic.twitter.com/l3yejRoK8r

— خبرگزاری فارس (@FarsNews_Agency) May 2, 2021

The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.
Twenty fire engines and 150 firefighters were dispatched to the site, the semiofficial ISNA news agency quoted Qom fire department spokesman Hamid Karimi as saying.
Karimi said the firefighters managed to stop the fire from reaching alcohol tanks, although there have been several explosions and two fire engines have caught fire.

 

 

 

 

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Two firefighters have also been injured, with one in critical condition, ISNA said.