Fire at central Iran industrial town under control -state TV

Updated : Nov 13, 2022, 12:05 UTC1min read
DUBAI (Reuters) – A motor engine oil factory caught fire at Isfahan’s Mobarakeh industrial town in central Iran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday, raising concerns that the fire could expand in the large industrial complex.
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DUBAI (Reuters) -A large fire at a motor engine oil factory in Isfahan’s Mobarakeh industrial town in central Iran on Sunday has been brought under control, state TV reported.

About 95% of the fire has been extinguished, said Mansour Shisheforoush, head of Isfahan province’s crisis-management body told state TV, adding that a team was clearing the site and that the fire had not spread to adjacent industrial units.

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Shisheforoush said that 15 workers were injured, but only three needed to be transferred to hospital.

Special teams were on the ground to investigate the cause of the fire.

(Reporting by Dubai NewsroomEditing by David Goodman)

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