Tehran: Firefighting teams in Iran have successfully controlled a massive fire that broke out in a liquefied gas tank at an industrial facility south of Tehran.

According to Qatar News Agency, Iran’s Mehr News Agency quoted the CEO of Iran’s National Petroleum Products Distribution Company, Keramat Veiskarami, as stating that the fire erupted within one of the gas storage tanks located inside a company facility. He indicated that the incident was caused by a gas leakage, which led to the ignition of the storage tank.

Fortunately, no human casualties were reported due to the incident. Iranian authorities have initiated an urgent investigation to determine the cause, amidst speculations that the leakage was potentially due to a technical malfunction in the storage systems.