Seventeen Injured As Blaze Engulfs Tehran Warehouse

A large fire has engulfed a warehouse in Tehran, a regime-affiliated news agency has reported.

According to Fars, firefighters are attempting to extinguish the blaze after the warehouse for automobile and motorcycle parts caught fire in Razi Square, in the south of the Iranian capital.

Seventeen people have been injured, and several have been taken to hospital, Tehran Emergency Service said.

The cause of the fire and the value of property damaged are unknown.

Last month a large fire broke out across three warehouses of a home appliances manufacturer in the northeastern city of Mashhad.

The semi-official ISNA news agency reported that the building belonged to Electrosteel, a large and well-known company in Iran.

There have been a number of explosions and fires near Iran’s military, nuclear and industrial facilities in recent years.

Earlier this month, media in Iran reported that a large fire broke out at a power plant west of the Iranian city Esfahan (Isfahan) and was extinguished within a few hours.

Several unconfirmed sources reported hearing an explosion at the plant, claiming that it was a result of drone attacks, but this was not confirmed by officials.

The Esfahan thermal power plant – also known as Shahid Abbaspour – in Dorcheh near the central city of Esfahan has five units with a total generation capacity of 830 Megawatts.

On January 28, a huge fire erupted at an Iranian military industry factory following a suspected drone strike in the central city of Esfahan.

Iran blamed Israel for the drone attack, vowing revenge.