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Blast, fire at Iran refinery as Ahmadinejad visits
Updated: 2011-05-24 13:42
(Agencies)
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MixxTEHRAN - An explosion blamed on a technical problem caused a fire at an oil refinery in Iran during a visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Six people were injured but Ahmadinejad was not hurt and appeared live on state television giving a scheduled speech to mark the inauguration of a new phase of the refinery in Abadan, south-western Iran.
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