2nd LD: 4 killed in oil field blaze in SW Iran

Source: Xinhua| 2017-10-30 00:43:12|Editor: Mu Xuequan
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TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed in a fire eruption in Rag Sefid oil field in southwestern Iranian province of Bushehr on Sunday, official IRNA news agency reported.

The fire was very huge and Iran's Red Crescent Society dispatched helicopters to extinguish it, the report said.

According to some local reports, the cause of the accident was the eruption of gas from the oil field.

Rag Sefid is located in Bushehr province, 950 km to the southwest of the Iranian capital Tehran.

On Friday, six people were also killed and two injured after a fire erupted in Tehran Refinery.

The leak of flammable materials was announced as the cause of the accident.

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