Hassan Bagherian, Director of the Tehran Department of the Iranian Oil Pipelines and Telecommunications Company, elaborated on details of the blaze in a crude oil storage tank situated in southern areas of the Iranian capital saying “following a lightning strike, fire broke out in tank number 102 of the company as 12:15 a.m. local time.”
The official emphasized that the fire had sparked the tank which is used for management of surplus pressure in oil pipelines asserting “fire extinguishing units of Tehran, Ray, Tehran Oil Refining Company as well as Oil Pipelines and Telecommunications Company, the fire was completely controlled at 04:20 a.m.”
Bagherian, while emphasizing that the incident has left no casualties, underlined that all damages were limited to storage tank number 102.
“The oil storage tank in southern Tehran enjoyed a capacity of two million barrels,” recalled the official maintaining that the reservoir contained 400 thousand liters of crude oil at the time of the incident which evaporated completely.
Meanwhile, Director of the Operations Department at Tehran Oil Refinery Ahmad Kheiri has rejected all claims on any blaze incident in the refinery complex stressing “fire broke out in the Iranian Oil Pipelines and Telecommunications Company though firefighters of Tehran refinery were deployed to the scene to extinguish the blaze.”
The official reiterated that Tehran Oil Refinery was conducting routine activities adding and refuted that news on blaze in the refinery complex which are circulating in the media and cyberspace.
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