Deadly Gas Explosion in Ahvaz

A massive explosion in Ahvaz’s Ameri district killed 6 people and injured 9 others. Search and rescue operations continue in Ahvaz. Three gas explosions have occurred in the city within three months. Authorities have yet to explain the cause of these “consecutive” explosions.

On Sunday, October 20 (October 11), at 8:42 AM, a two-story villa in the Ameri bazaar of Ahvaz was completely destroyed following a gas explosion. Six people were killed and 9 others were injured in the incident.

Farhangh Koreh-bandi, head of pre-hospital emergency services and disaster management at Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences, reported an increase in the death toll from the Sunday gas explosion in Ameri, Ahvaz. According to this local official, five injured were transferred by ambulance and four others by vehicle to Imam and Golestan hospitals.

The Farsi News Agency also reported from the scene that the explosion was caused by a gas leak, and several residents, shopkeepers, and customers at the location were injured.

Varying numbers have been reported regarding the number of injured. Ibrahim Ghanbari, head of the Fire Department and Safety Services of Ahvaz Municipality, said that the gas explosion in Ahvaz killed three people and injured six.

Two weeks earlier, two explosions occurred in Ahvaz’s Golha district. The IRNA news agency reported, citing Ibrahim Ghanbari, head of the Fire Department and Safety Services of Ahvaz Municipality, that the explosion in Golha district resulted in the destruction of one residential unit in a two-story, four-unit complex.

Ghanbari said four people who were trapped under debris were injured in this explosion, and a 26-year-old woman also lost her life.

The cause of this incident was also reported as “explosion due to gas leak.”

Previously, following two gas explosion incidents on July 8 in one of Ahvaz’s districts, five people were injured.

Ahvaz has become the record holder for gas explosions among Iranian cities with three explosions in one month. However, officials have largely provided no explanation regarding the explosions in this city and have not released the results of investigations into the incidents.

It should be added that such incidents have not only occurred in Ahvaz but similar events have also happened in other Iranian cities.

Seven killed and injured in Shams Abad industrial complex explosion in Tehran

Hasan Kohnesheen, manager of Shams Abad industrial complex in Tehran province, reported on Saturday, October 20, the death and injury of seven people in an explosion at this industrial unit.

The IRNA news agency reported, citing Kohnesheen, that due to the rupture of a foundry furnace at Pak Bronze Company in this complex, an explosion occurred on Saturday evening, October 19, which resulted in two deaths and five injuries. The condition of one of the injured has been reported as critical.