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Explosion occurs at Iran's southern petrochemical plant
The fire has been reportedly extinguished
An explosion at a petrochemical plant in Iran's southern city of Mahshahr occurred on Wednesday with no casualties, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
A clogged Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) reservoir was the cause of the explosion at the Ghadir petrochemical plant, Tasnim reported, adding that the fire had been extinguished.
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