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schema:articleBody	Dozens of oil and gas tankers carrying millions of dollars' worth of fuel caught fire on Saturday, creating an inferno at Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran, officials said. The blaze broke out in the early afternoon at Islam Qala port, some 120 kilometres from the city of Herat, engulfing the tankers that were parked nearby after crossing the border. "There were between 200 and 300 fuel tankers there and we managed to save some, but most have been engulfed and the fire is so huge that nobody can get to within even a kilometre of it," said Younus Qazi Zada, head of the Herat Chamber of Commerce. "The initial estimate is of millions of dollars of losses, but we have to wait till the fire is extinguished for a proper assessment of damage." At least 17 people have been taken to hospital, some of them with serious burns, said Ibrahim Mohammadi, head of the Herat ambulance service. Jailani Farhad, the spokesman for the governor of western Herat province, said dozens of tankers were ablaze. "We don't have the required facilities to contain it, so through the foreign ministry, we have asked the government of Iran to help us contain the fire," he said. The cause of the fire was unknown, he added. Videos posted on social media show towering flames and huge clouds of thick black smoke billowing into the sky. Around 60 per cent of Herat province was without power as a result of the fire, Afghan energy company DABS said. Islam Qala is one of the major ports in Afghanistan, through which most official trade with Iran is conducted. Iran foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that the border "was held open for trucks, cars and people running from the fire" towards Iran. He added that authorities from both countries were helping to tackle the blaze. Taking advantage of the situation, Taliban insurgents attacked a nearby security post after the blaze broke out, Farhad added. us/ecl/bfm
schema:headline	Inferno on Afghanistan-Iran border as dozens of oil tankers catch fire
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