Explosion in Iraqi gas station kills, injures dozens

CEO of Red Crescent Society of Iranian western Province of Ilam on the shared border with Iraq said on Sunday that according to preliminary reports, in an explosion in Shumli petrol station in Iraqi Babil Province dozens were killed or wounded.

The Iranian official said that Iranian medical and rescue services working with the Red Crescent have been dispatched to the area to help the injured.

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