Iran sends condolences to Iraq over gas tanker blast accident

2022-10-31 04:25:58

(MENAFN) Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Sunday sent condolences to the Iraqi people and administration over a lethal gas tanker explosion that left over nine deaths and injured many others.

Kanaani voiced sympathy with the families of the victims and wished the injured a fast recovery.
The gas tanker blasted in Baghdad on Saturday night.

Iraqi experts declared it was an accident, while 13 people were injured.

"Nine civilians were killed and 13 injured" after the tanker blasted, the commander of security forces in Baghdad, Ahmad Salim, stated.

"The explosion is an accident and not an act of terrorism," he also said.

A medical source informed AFP that 12 people lost their lives.

Another medical source had previously updated AFP there were "eight dead and 20 injured".

An AFP correspondent declared the windows of close buildings were blown out and cars in the area were destroyed.

"We were at home and felt a very strong blast and a smell of gas," local resident Mohammed Aziz, who lives just 100 meters (yards) from the accident site, added.

"It felt like we were suffocating," he further stated. "Our doors and windows were blown out."

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