Unconfirmed reports say scores of the workers have reportedly died and many more are injured after an explosion at a chemical factory in southern Iran. 

According to reports by Iran’s state media, a leak in an ammonium tank caused a blast Monday evening in the city of Firouzabad in southwestern Fars province but the blaze was quickly extinguished. 

There are conflicting reports in social media about the cause of the blast, with some saying the tanker was full of nitrogen, not ammonium, hence the high number of casualties. 

Attached photo of the Kaveh sodium carbonate factory in the city of Firouzabad in southwestern Fars province in the early hours of the explosion on June 13, 2022

Source: Iran International