{"id":7306,"date":"2025-04-26T14:44:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T19:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=7306"},"modified":"2025-06-08T09:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T14:54:10","slug":"hazmat-explosions-fires-claim-at-least-8-lives-and-hundreds-of-injuries-at-iranian-port-shahid-rajaei-bandar-abbas-iran-26-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=7306","title":{"rendered":"HazMat Explosions\/Fires Claim at Least 70 Lives and Hundreds of Injuries at Iranian Port  [Shahid Rajaei (Bandar Abbas), Iran &#8211; 26 April 2025]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reports received moments ago at Blueoceana Company reveal that several explosions and resultant fires at one of Iran&#8217;s major ports on the Persian Gulf have killed several port workers and injured many others earlier today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand that the contents of several intermodal containers received at that port in March included a component [<em>sodium perchlorate<\/em>] of ballistic rocket fuel have been called into question. Resultant fires spread to other nearby containers laden with flammable hazmat cargoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UPDATES:  28 April 2025 \/ 9:30 &amp; 9:50 AM EST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BBC <\/strong>has updated the headline shown in the media account below, to reflect updated casualty numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BBC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BBC-1024x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BBC-1024x275.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BBC-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BBC-768x206.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BBC.jpg 1452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Bloomberg LP<\/strong> 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:<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Links to Media Accounts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Huge-blast-at-key-Iranian-port-kills-eight-and-injures-more-than-750-042625.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Huge blast at key Iranian port kills eight and injures more than 750 (042625).\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b6d9add7-cfdb-4c06-bb26-b31301207a07\" 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shipment kills 8 (042625).\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c903beff-d286-437d-887a-b6c4cb4b64bf\" href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/A-massive-explosion-at-an-Iranian-port-linked-to-missile-fuel-shipment-kills-8-042625.pdf\">A massive explosion at an Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 8 (042625)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/A-massive-explosion-at-an-Iranian-port-linked-to-missile-fuel-shipment-kills-8-042625.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c903beff-d286-437d-887a-b6c4cb4b64bf\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Iran-Still-Battling-Port-Fire-As-Death-Toll-Casualties-Rise-042725.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" 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data=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Iran-is-looking-for-a-scapegoat-in-the-explosion-of-a-Rajai-port-042825.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Iran is looking for a scapegoat in the explosion of a Rajai port (042825).\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-92343d53-a3ee-4832-86ab-2c858c174d0c\" href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Iran-is-looking-for-a-scapegoat-in-the-explosion-of-a-Rajai-port-042825.pdf\">Iran is looking for a scapegoat in the explosion of a Rajai port (042825)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Iran-is-looking-for-a-scapegoat-in-the-explosion-of-a-Rajai-port-042825.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-92343d53-a3ee-4832-86ab-2c858c174d0c\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Iran-says-neglect-was-behind-the-explosion-of-the-countrys-largest-container-port-death-toll-rises-to-70-042925.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Iran says &apos;neglect&apos; was behind the explosion of the country&apos;s largest container port, death toll rises to 70 (042925).\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8b7f187f-4318-46d5-8c05-c90a8493b2ed\" href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Iran-says-neglect-was-behind-the-explosion-of-the-countrys-largest-container-port-death-toll-rises-to-70-042925.pdf\">Iran says &#8216;neglect&#8217; was behind the explosion of the country&#8217;s largest container port, death toll rises to 70 (042925)<\/a><a 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