At least one person was killed in a fire at the Pars Petro Shushtar refinery in Iran's Khuzestan Province, state media reported on October 15, as efforts to control the fire are ongoing. A local authority attributed the cause of the incident "to a tanker collision with gasoline tanks" and said the incident is under investigation. IRNA quoted a local official in the province as saying that several people were also injured. "Firefighters on the scene are trying to bring the fire under control," the official added.
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