Gas explosion kills 5 workers, injures 9 in southern Iran
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TEHRAN - A gas explosion at an agricultural research site in southern Iran has left five workers dead and nine injured, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported on Thursday.
An electrical short circuit in an underground site led to the explosion a day earlier.
The incident happened near the port city of Bandar Abbas, some 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) south of the capital, Tehran.
