Eskandar Momeni added that the incident additionally left 750 folks injured together with 212 individuals who had been handled on an outpatient foundation.
Momeni steered that the fires attributable to the explosions are raging on within the port and voiced hope that firefighters will put them out within the coming hours.
In response to the inside minister, winds are whipping up the fires, making it a bit tough for the firefighters to include them.
In the meantime, movies and pictures posted on-line present that the fires have unfold to different elements of Shahid Rajaee Port, inflicting extra containers to blow up.
The reason for the preliminary explosions is beneath investigation.
Some folks have claimed foul play is guilty for the incident. However authorities officers are warning towards any hypothesis earlier than authorities resolve the matter.
The Iranian inside minister flew to Bandar Abbas to supervise the probe into the blasts and the following fires upon direct orders by President Masoud Pezeshkian.
