Publish Date: 10 July 2023 - 20:00

TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – Some petroleum product reservoirs belonging to the Aftab Oil Refining company have caught fire in Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas, sources said.

Efforts have been started to extinguish the fire which broke out at 15:00 local time on Monday, the public relation department of the Aftab Oil Refining reported.

Reportedly, four individuals have been injured.

The fire was extinguished at 17:00 local time, a provincial official said.

The incident has caused no casualties, Mehrdad Hassanzadeh added.

Aftab Oil Refining, which was founded in 2007, is regarded as one of the largest Iranian exporters.

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