Fire destroys parts of Tehran's oil refinery
Posted: 20 February 2006
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A fire of an unknown origin destroyed parts of the capital's oil refinery, on Saturday morning, despite the existing security measures.
Officials are attributing the fire to a leak in one of the master cylinders of the facility. But suspicion exists on the sabotage of part of the installation due to the increasing deterioration of the conditions in Iran.
Tens of fire trucks and hundreds of fire workers and security forces' members rushed to the area in order to block the accesses and to extinguish the fire.
This incident follows another strange incident on Thursday, due to the 'accident' of an oil tanker on the "Karaj-Ghazvin" highway. It resulted in road blocks and a heavy traffic jam following the intervention of hundreds of security force's members and fire workers.
Official sources said that a 'tragedy' was avoided due to the rapid intervention of emergency forces as the tanker was carrying thousands of litres of fuel.
(SMCCDI Information Service)
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