Over 700 injured, six missing after port explosion, officials say
The number of people injured in the explosion at Rajaei Port in Bandar Abbas has surpassed 700, the head of Hormozgan Province’s Crisis Management Organization said on Saturday.
Six people are also missing, according to Ali-Akbar Javidan, a local police chief.
All those injured have been transferred to hospitals across Bandar Abbas, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency quoted Mehrdad Hassanzadeh as saying on Saturday.
The number of casualties could continue to rise, Hassanzadeh added.
Tasnim also reported that blood supplies were dispatched from the provinces of Gilan, Tehran, Yazd, Hamedan, Kerman, North Khorasan, and Isfahan to help treat the injured in Bandar Abbas.
