Fire

Petrochemical Plant

Mobin Petrochemical pressure-control station

14 September 2016 · Around 11:00 local time

Asaluyeh, Bushehr Province, Iran

27.4800, 52.6100

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What happened

A fire engulfed a pressure-control station operated by Mobin Petrochemical in the South Pars energy zone. Four people were injured, one with severe burns. Provincial crisis-management officials said gas flow to the station was stopped, the fire was brought under control, and the incident did not threaten South Pars gas-field facilities. The cited official account did not establish the initiating cause.

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Evidence
Documented
Confidence
High
Infrastructure
Petrochemical Plant
Current temperature
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Latitude
27.4800°
Longitude
52.6100°

Attribution

Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.

Sources

  1. 4 injured as fire breaks out at petrochemical plant in southern IranPress TV, citing Bushehr provincial crisis-management officials · Incident reporting