At least 8 killed, over 700 injured as suspected chemical blast rocks Iran’s Bandar Abbas port

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Iran Bandar Abbas Port Blast News: A massive explosion and fire rocked Iran’s largest port, Bandar Abbas, on Saturday, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 700, Iranian state media reported. The blast struck the Shahid Rajaei section of the port and is believed to have been caused by the ignition of chemical materials stored in containers. “The cause of the explosion was the chemicals inside the containers,” Hossein Zafari, a spokesperson for Iran’s crisis management organisation, told the ILNA news agency, adding that previous warnings had been issued about the risk. Officials said poor handling of flammable...