#Iran & #Fire is a Thread by journalist @mahtabgholizade who is keeping track of reported fires around the country.
This thread is a translation of her chronological thread which she began writing a month ago, portraying the widespread phenomenon:
This thread is a translation of her chronological thread which she began writing a month ago, portraying the widespread phenomenon:
24 May:
-Tabriz thermal power plant . operation of both units were put to a stop
-Event Hall at Zeitoon Shopping mall/Tehran
-Boiler at Imam Khomeini Port Refinery exploded
31 May:
- Velayat Park/ Tehran (intentional)
-Tabriz thermal power plant . operation of both units were put to a stop
-Event Hall at Zeitoon Shopping mall/Tehran
-Boiler at Imam Khomeini Port Refinery exploded
31 May:
- Velayat Park/ Tehran (intentional)
1 June:
- Chitgar forest park/Tehran (intentional)
- Binaloud paper company
2 June:
- few old/unused wagons of Raja Railway company in Islamshahr
- forest region of Afar in Tehran ( intentional)
- Trees in front of Pardis university Tehran
- Chitgar forest park/Tehran (intentional)
- Binaloud paper company
2 June:
- few old/unused wagons of Raja Railway company in Islamshahr
- forest region of Afar in Tehran ( intentional)
- Trees in front of Pardis university Tehran
3 June:
- Fire at a section of Khuzestan Steel Company's storage
- a unit at Tehran Refinery
- huge fire at wheat farms in Semnan Province
- 700 years old Rob Rashidi historical site
- Fire at a section of Khuzestan Steel Company's storage
- a unit at Tehran Refinery
- huge fire at wheat farms in Semnan Province
- 700 years old Rob Rashidi historical site
4 June:
- wooden park of Ahvaz (intentional) (firefighting authority in the city said unknown people put plastic under wooden play ground & set it on fire)
- close to Jamshidie park in north of Tehran
- trees in front of imam sadegh university Tehran
- wooden park of Ahvaz (intentional) (firefighting authority in the city said unknown people put plastic under wooden play ground & set it on fire)
- close to Jamshidie park in north of Tehran
- trees in front of imam sadegh university Tehran
5 June:
-Ahvaz electricity network - was announced it was due to theft of cables & resulted in a hospital and a huge neighborhood being left without electricity for many hours
- Chitgar park in Tehran ( 2nd time in 4 days)
-Ahvaz electricity network - was announced it was due to theft of cables & resulted in a hospital and a huge neighborhood being left without electricity for many hours
- Chitgar park in Tehran ( 2nd time in 4 days)
during this time wild fires in khuzestan & bushehr were ravaging & an official said : in the past 74 days , 240 fires in forests and meadows in 11 provinces were reported
6 June:
- area in front of Jamea Alzahra (clerical school for women) in Qom
- periphery of Evin prison in Tehran
- 20 Hectares park, Emami Garden, Nassimshahr, Iran
7 June :
- National Park in Jahrom
- area in front of Jamea Alzahra (clerical school for women) in Qom
- periphery of Evin prison in Tehran
- 20 Hectares park, Emami Garden, Nassimshahr, Iran
7 June :
- National Park in Jahrom
11 June:
-glass house of IRIB - resulted in journalists being evacuated by firefighters, some news segments were off air due to the fire
-mountains north of Tehran between Darake and Velenjak
-glass house of IRIB - resulted in journalists being evacuated by firefighters, some news segments were off air due to the fire
-mountains north of Tehran between Darake and Velenjak
- Kuh-e Bill mountains - Shiraz (intentional)
- st. mary church in Hamedan - announced reason was fire in the historical field of Hegmataneh next to the church
12 June:
- at Kong fishing port damaging several boats
- in Koohdasht , Lorestan Province
- in Sabzpooshan in Shiraz
- st. mary church in Hamedan - announced reason was fire in the historical field of Hegmataneh next to the church
12 June:
- at Kong fishing port damaging several boats
- in Koohdasht , Lorestan Province
- in Sabzpooshan in Shiraz
- at a scrap storage - ahvaz
- at Kuhe-sefid mountain, near Ghale Sard - Dehdez
13 June:
- Tehran Flower Market
- Dolatabad region in Isfahan
14 June:
- at a 10k sq m storage facility in Shourabad of Tehran
- commercial building in Rasht
- at Kuhe-sefid mountain, near Ghale Sard - Dehdez
13 June:
- Tehran Flower Market
- Dolatabad region in Isfahan
14 June:
- at a 10k sq m storage facility in Shourabad of Tehran
- commercial building in Rasht
June 16 reports quoting general prosecutor of Karaj saying sentence for intentional fire is Death while a website close to intelligence service says 60 people were arrested connected to the recent fires
19 June :
- mountains around Kooshk-e Sofla village in Boyerahmad
- forests & midows of "baba meidan" in Fars province
22 June :
- at a park in Tabriz
- at a huge farm in nizeh village north east of Mashhad
- mountains around Kooshk-e Sofla village in Boyerahmad
- forests & midows of "baba meidan" in Fars province
22 June :
- at a park in Tabriz
- at a huge farm in nizeh village north east of Mashhad
26 June : huge blast at Khojir Missile Facility
30 June : Sina Mehr Clinic - Tehran
2 July : blast at Natanz enrichment plant
3 July: at an anti-theft door production facility in Salmas
30 June : Sina Mehr Clinic - Tehran
2 July : blast at Natanz enrichment plant
3 July: at an anti-theft door production facility in Salmas
4 July :
