Sunday morning, a chemical plant caught fire, near the city of Qom, in central Iran, and a number of dead and wounded were reported.

The fire, which spread widely, occurred in the factory of "Moldan" company, which works in the field of chemical industries and industrial alcohol in the industrial city of Shakuhiya, according to what the "ISNA" agency of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced.

And there are large numbers of fire and rescue vehicles at the scene.

Videos showed thick smoke rising from the "Moldan" chemical plant. It was not immediately known what caused the fire.

Hamid Karimi, spokesman for the Qom fire organization, said, "Due to the size and severity of the fire and the presence of highly flammable materials, the Qom fire brigade all moved to contain the fire ... and because of the presence of phthalates, which are a raw material for the production of plastic materials, the fire was difficult to contain .. Led to factory explosions. "