- At least seven boats have caught fire at a shipyard in the port of Bushehr in southern Iran, state media report.
- The head of the local crisis management organisation told Irna news agency that the blaze had been contained and that no casualties had been reported.
- The cause was not clear, but it is the latest in a series of mysterious incidents in Iran in recent weeks.
- They have included explosions and fires at a missile facility, a power plant, a medical clinic and a nuclear complex.
- The incidents have led to speculation about a campaign of sabotage.
A recently published news article in the BBC and The New York Times reports about the unexpected fire accident that had taken place in the Port of Bushehr in South Iran.
A large fire broke out at a shipyard
A large fire broke out at a shipyard in the southern Iranian port city of Bushehr on Wednesday, burning seven ships and sending plumes of black smoke billowing above the city skyline, according to videos and Iranian media reports.
Dozens of recent fires
The fire followed dozens of recent fires and explosions across Iran’s forests, factories and military and nuclear facilities in the past three months that have rattled ordinary Iranians.
On Monday, there was a fire at an industrial zone near the north-eastern city of Mashhad. Officials said six gas storage tanks caught fire, and that one exploded.
On Tuesday an aluminum factory in the industrial city of Lamard, in Fars Province, caught fire. On Sunday, a fire broke out at petrochemical plant in Khuzestan Province, which was blamed on an oil leak.
Iranian officials have said that some of the episodes may have been acts of sabotage but blamed weather, accidents and equipment malfunctions for the others.
Who is the cause for this fire accident?
An explosion at the country’s top nuclear facility in Natanz two weeks ago damaged the structure where centrifuges were assembled and has been attributed to Israeli sabotage.
Iranian officials have said they are looking into whether sabotage by foreign powers or domestic opposition groups may have been the cause of earlier blasts at the Natanz uranium enrichment plant on 2 July and the Khojir missile production facility on 26 June.
In 2010, a computer virus widely believed to have been developed by the United States and Israel was used to attack machinery at Natanz.
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Source: BBC & The New York Times
