Explosion, fire erupt at Iran oil refinery as Ahmadinejad visits

24.05.2011                      20.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 35 des Omer

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Explosion, fire erupt at Iran oil refinery as Ahmadinejad visits

One dead, six injured but Iran president was not hurt; blast blamed on technical problem.

An explosion blamed on a technical problem caused a fire at an oil refinery in Iran during a visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
One person was killed and six people were injured but Ahmadinejad was not hurt and appeared on state television giving a scheduled speech to mark the inauguration of a new phase of the refinery in Abadan, south-western Iran, close to the Iraqi border….