A dark plume of smoke rises up from a main oil refinery south of Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 3, 2021. A massive fire broke out Wednesday night at the oil refinery serving Iran’s capital, sending thick plumes of black smoke over Tehran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)A massive fire at an oil refinery near Iran’s capital has burned into a second day as firefighters struggle to extinguish the flames. The fire began at state-owned Tondgooyan Petrochemical Co south of Tehran on Wednesday night, sending a huge plume of black smoke into the sky over the capital. The blaze came the same day a fire struck the largest warship in the Iranian navy, which later sank in the Gulf of Oman.

Source: Irish Independent June 03, 2021 09:33 UTC