Hundreds suffered in a major explosion at the port of Shahida Raj

At least 500 people were injured in a large -scale blast in a port in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, state media reports.

On Saturday morning, the explosion occurred in the port area of ​​Shahid Raji, destroying the windows of nearby office buildings.

Until the death cases have been reported, but the footage showed that the wounded were lying on the street. There is also reports that people are trapped under the peritoneal buildings.

On the site still still a bushy fire, and the pictures show huge, sinking black clouds over the marina.

Authorities said the employees were in a hurry and carry the victims in the hospital.

Officials reported that state television was concentrated in the port, and several unspoiled containers exploded.

“The source of this incident was the explosion of several containers stored in the port -port area,” the crisis official said, the BBC Persian reports.

Iranian state media reported that the blast was so large that the damaged buildings and cars in the neighborhood. Residents also reported that he heard an explosion from a few kilometers.

The number of victims reported by state media has increased rapidly last hour.