HazMat Explosions/Fires Claim at Least 8 Lives and Hundreds of Injuries at Iranian Port [Shahid Rajaei (Bandar Abbas), Iran – 26 April 2025]

Posted by admin on Apr 26, 2025 in Bulletins

Reports received moments ago at Blueoceana Company reveal that several explosions and resultant fires at one of Iran’s major ports on the Persian Gulf have killed several port workers and injured many others earlier today.

We understand that the contents of several intermodal containers received at that port in March included a component [sodium perchlorate] of ballistic rocket fuel have been called into question. Resultant fires spread to other nearby containers laden with flammable hazmat cargoes.

UPDATES: 28 April 2025 / 9:30 & 9:50 AM EST

BBC has updated the headline shown in the media account below, to reflect updated casualty numbers:

**Bloomberg LP** quotes Iranian government sources that provide casualty figures of 40 dead and 1,200 injured as of yesterday (Sunday) afternoon in a media account found below:

Links to Media Accounts:

Huge blast at key Iranian port kills eight and injures more than 750 (042625)Download

A massive explosion at an Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 8 (042625)Download

Iran Still Battling Port Fire As Death Toll, Casualties Rise (042725)Download

Iran is looking for a scapegoat in the explosion of a Rajai port (042825)Download

***Above:*** Rescue efforts [Screenshot only]

***Above:*** Orientation of Bandar Abbas