A massive explosion at Iran’s Dogharoun border terminal with Afghanistan in Khorasan Razavi Province has cut off electricity export to the neighboring state since Saturday, a spokesman for the state-run Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) said.
"Power export infrastructure including some transmission pylons were damaged in the blast," Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi was quoted as saying by Bargh News.
A fierce fire started after a fuel tanker exploded in a parking lot on the Afghan side of the border [Islam Qala crossing in Afghanistan’s Herat Province].
According to Herat health officials, at least 15 people were killed and 30 wounded in the fire, and many of the more than 500 trucks lined up at the Islam Qala crossing carrying natural gas and fuel were ablaze.
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