Amid the ongoing war, a major road accident has occurred in Iran. A fuel tanker caught fire and exploded after colliding with other vehicles near Sanandaj in western Iran. Eleven people were killed and seven others were injured in the incident. The accident took place on the Sanandaj-Hamdan intercity road in Kurdistan province. Iranian media reported that the tanker hit other cars as it approached a traffic police station near Sanandaj.
It is believed that a fire broke out and an explosion occurred immediately afterwards. Authorities initially said that the accident may have been caused by a failure in the tanker’s braking system. After the accident, the tanker’s fire spread to other vehicles, raising the death toll. Seven people injured in the accident were taken to a hospital in Sanandaj for treatment. A major accident also occurred in the same area in 2018. At that time, 15 people were also killed in an accident involving a fuel tanker.
