Deadly blast hits Abadan refinery, president unscathed http://www.mehrnews.com/en/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=1319605

A deadly blast occurred on Tuesday morning at Abadan refinery while the inauguration ceremony of the first phase of a gasoline production unit with the participation of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a delegation of government officials was in progress.According to the latest report, the blast killed two people and injured 12, but the president, the government officials, and reporters are unhurt.

The firefighters immediately entered the scene and put out the fire, and the injured were transferred to a hospital in Abadan, in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.Reportedly, the leakage of gas in one of the refinery’s units has caused the blast. The unit, which is said, will produce the best ever quality gasoline, with the octane number of 94, is projected to produce 4.2 million liters of gasoline per day.The project has been hailed as one the greatest ever gasoline production plans.