Iran fuel tanker explosion kills 11, injures 7 after traffic accident, state media reports

At least 11 people were killed and seven others wounded as a fuel tanker exploded in a traffic accident in western Iran on Saturday staterun IRIB news agency reportedThe incident occurred on an intercity road between Sanandaj County in Kurdestan province and Hamedan County in Hamedan province the IRIB cited Babak Hodaei head of the emergency medical services of Kurdestan University of Medical Sciences as sayingThe incident caused several nearby vehicles to catch fire Hodaei said adding that rescue teams have transferred the wounded to a hospital in Sanandaj reports Xinhua news agency Rescue operations are continuing at the scene he saidEarlier in July an oil tanker exploded in the Strait of Hormuz after striking a naval mine local media reported The vessel struck the mine after allegedly deviating from the route designated by Iran According to reports the tanker deviated from the route designated by Iran and was located in an area outside the safe maritime traffic route despite previous warnings Irans semiofficial Mehr News Agency reportedThe Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea It is one of the worlds most important energy corridors carrying oil and liquefied natural gas exports from major Gulf producers to international marketsMeanwhile marking a fresh escalation in the confrontation between Washington and Tehran the US forces struck three Iranian crude oil tankers after Iranrsquos Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC fired ballistic missiles toward two US Navy warships the US military said SaturdayA US aircraft carrier and a guidedmissile destroyer successfully evaded multiple Iranian attacks US Central Command said No American personnel were injuredldquoUS Central Command CENTCOM forces struck three Iranian crude oil carriers Sept 5 after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC launched ballistic missiles toward two US Navy warships patrolling regional watersrdquo CENTCOM saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever