A massive fire erupted Wednesday evening at a 2,000-square-meter carpet warehouse in southern Tehran, according to unverified reports and footage circulating on social media. Videos show intense flames and thick black smoke billowing above the Iranian capital. The cause of the blaze is not yet known, and Iranian authorities have not issued an official statement.
A new fire has been reported in southern Tehran on Wednesday evening, hours after a large blaze broke out at Kiam Square in central Tehran earlier in the afternoon. As The Zioneer reported, the afternoon fire at Kiam Square was first noted by opposition channels at around 16:55 local time. The current fire at a 2,000-square-meter carpet warehouse in the southern part of the city does not appear to be connected to the earlier incident. Footage circulating online shows the warehouse fully engulfed. No official confirmation from Iranian emergency services or state media has been published as of 19:37 UTC. The fires follow a week of multiple security incidents across Iran, including air defense activations in Tehran on Monday (June 9) and reports of explosions in southern Iran near the Iraq border earlier on June 10.
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