A picture taken late on June 2, 2021, shows fire raging at an oil refinery in the Iranian capital Tehran. AFP PHOTOTEHRAN: A fire raged on Wednesday at a southern Tehran oil refinery after a leak in a liquefied gas line triggered an explosion, the capital's crisis team chief told state television. State television said 18 oil reservoirs had caught fire. The stricken refinery has been operational since 1968, has a capacity of 250,000 barrels per day and is owned by the Tehran Oil Refining Co., according to state news agency IRNA. A spokesman for the company dismissed "all speculation centering on sabotage at the refinery," according to the state television's Telegram channel.

Source: Manila Times June 03, 2021 15:56 UTC