Fire shuts down Iran gas production platform in South Pars field: Report

A fire broke out at a gas production platform in Iran’s South Pars field on Saturday, shutting production at the unit, state broadcaster IRIB reported.

“South Pars Platform 16 suffered a large fire and exited the production circuit,” IRIB said.

The Pars Oil and Gas Company, which operates the platform, said there had been a gas leak but that the damage was “not large,” state TV’s IRINN news channel said in a posting on its Telegram account.