{"id":50926,"date":"2025-07-19T12:44:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T16:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/fire-contained-at-irans-abadan-refinery-one-dead-shana-says\/19\/07\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T12:44:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T16:44:55","slug":"fire-contained-at-irans-abadan-refinery-one-dead-shana-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/fire-contained-at-irans-abadan-refinery-one-dead-shana-says\/19\/07\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire contained at Iran&#8217;s Abadan refinery, one dead, SHANA says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>A general view shows a unit of South Pars Gas field in Asalouyeh Seaport, north of Persian Gulf, Iran November 19, 2015 (photo credit: REUTERS\/RAHEB HOMAVANDI\/TIMA)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The refinery, like almost all Iranian oil and gas processing plants, needs major works and renovation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A fire that broke out on Saturday at a unit of Iran&#8217;s Abadan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-858079\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:refinery;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">refinery<\/a>, killing one employee, has been brought under control, Iran&#8217;s oil ministry&#8217;s SHANA news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It said operations were unaffected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;According to initial technical probes, the cause of the fire was a leak in one of the pumps in Unit 70, and no evidence of sabotage or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/iran-accuses-israel-environmental-war-145401986.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:human intervention;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">human intervention<\/a> has been observed so far,&#8221; Shana reported.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Iran&#8217;s infrastructural issues<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">State television said firefighters from Abadan and nearby areas had responded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Smoke rises near Iran's Abadan refinery, as seen from al-Siba district on the Iraqi side of the border, in Basra, Iraq, June 14, 2025 (credit: REUTERS\/STRINGER)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/lS.4qNqTGAmEpQrig3Ed1g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYyODtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/ae0ac1a0b7a71bd7b9ae5570feef89d3\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Smoke rises near Iran&#8217;s Abadan refinery, as seen from al-Siba district on the Iraqi side of the border, in Basra, Iraq, June 14, 2025 (credit: REUTERS\/STRINGER)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Local new agencies earlier carried videos showing large flames and dark stacks of smoke rising from a segment of the refinery, Iran&#8217;s oldest crude processing facility in the southwestern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-857717\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:oil;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">oil<\/a>-rich Khuzestan Province, which is currently among one of the hottest places in the world. Temperatures are nearly 50 degrees Celsius (122\u00b0F).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The refinery, like almost all Iranian oil and gas processing plants, needs major works and renovation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/fire-contained-irans-abadan-refinery-162216855.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A general view shows a unit of South Pars Gas field in Asalouyeh Seaport, north of Persian Gulf, Iran November 19, 2015<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/fire-contained-at-irans-abadan-refinery-one-dead-shana-says\/19\/07\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/bec80c3f48480db4b1c9828130c7c3a2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}