A powerful explosion at Iran’s Bandar Abbas port has killed at least 40 people and injured over 1,200. Fires continued to break out as officials blamed poor chemical storage for the blast.

The death toll from a powerful explosion at Iran's biggest port of Bandar Abbas has risen to at least 25 dead, with more than 700 people injured, state media reported on Sunday, as firefighters worked to fully extinguish the fire.

DUBAI (Reuters) -At least 281 people were injured after a large explosion rocked Shahid Rajaee port in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, state media reported. The blast occurred as Iran began a third round of nuclear talks with the United States in Oman,