An oil refinery is on fire right now in Iran and the first assumption is that Israel may have hit it in response to Iran’s massive missile attack a couple of weeks ago.
🇮🇷BREAKING! Explosion in Shushtar, Iran, early reports stating it is an oil refinery. pic.twitter.com/O4r8abiyfR
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) October 15, 2024
JUST IN 🚨
Reports indicate a large fire has broken out at the Shushtar refinery in Khuzestan, Iran. @OALD24
Casualties reported. pic.twitter.com/JC3a80OoBT
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) October 15, 2024
However that may not be the case. There is one report out there saying that a truck driver hit a fuel reserve at the oil refinery and died instantly:
#BREAKING: The news about #Israel targeting an oil refinery in Shoushtar, SW of #Iran is not true. The explosion and fire in an oil refinery in Shoushtar is caused by collision of a truck with a fuel reservoir. The ruck driver died immediately. pic.twitter.com/ECNB65RMzk
— Babak Taghvaee – The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) October 15, 2024
If it was hit by Israel we’ll let you know. Maybe the Mossad had something to do with this? Seems unlikely but we can’t rule out anything at this point.