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Earlier, a local official had told state news agency IRNA that
at least one person was killed.
"The fire started at 00:45 ... and was fully contained at
05:00," the head of the Health, Safety & Environment department
at Gachsaran Oil and Gas Company, Mohammad Mohseni was quoted as
saying by the oil ministry's news agency SHANA.
"There has been no fatality. In total four people are injured,"
he said.
Mohseni said the polyethylene facilities and the sour gas
pipelines in vicinity of the 42-inch gas pipeline were not
damaged.
He said the fire and blast had happened during maintenance
operations and a committee had been set up to investigate it
further.
A local official told state TV that the explosion was not an act
of sabotage and "nearby villages have been evacuated as a safety
measure."
(Writing by Parisa Hafezi in Ankara, Bozorgmehr Sharafedin in
Dubai; Editing by Diane Craft and Jane Merriman)
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