DUBAI: A short-circuit on a power line sparked a brush fire in an eastern neighbourhood of the Iranian capital Tehran yesterday, police and the fire department said, denying there had been an explosion, the semi-official news agency ILNA reported
The deputy chief of Tehran police Hamid Hadavand said the fire had been put out, while a fire department spokesman said there was no report of any explosion. Since late June, a string of fires and blasts have been reported at military, industrial and nuclear sites in Iran as well as at oil refineries, power plants, factories and businesses.