A big fire broke out on Sunday morning in an industrial alcohol production plant near the central Iranian city of Qom, injuring six, a media report said.
The fire was reported
around 06:00 a.m. local time (0130 GMT) in the industrial park of Shokuhiyeh,
located 20 km from Qom, according to a local fire department spokesperson.
More than 100
firefighters were immediately deployed to extinguish the fire, preventing it
from reaching the tanks of alcohol and other flammable items, the Xinhua news
agency reported.
Six people were
injured in the fire, including two severely injured firemen and four other
people who sustained superficial wounds, a spokesperson of the emergency
services said.
An emergency has been
declared in the area and all relevant local organizations have been mobilized
to control the fire, including Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Tasnim
reported.
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