The cause of the incident remains unknown, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB cited the fire department as saying that the fire had been “largely contained.”Iranian media, including Fars, showed video of a plume of heavy smoke rising from the site.
Separately, a fire broke out in the reed beds of the Miqan wetlands near the central city of Arak, with winds helping to spread the blaze, the state-linked Nournews outlet reported.
On Monday, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported a fire at a shopping center in the northeastern city of Mashhad, with four fire stations dispatched to the scene.The incidents came as a fragile ceasefire between Iran and the United States comes under renewed pressure following an exchange of fire between the two sides on Monday.
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