Blast at Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 8, injures 750

Explosion occurs as Iran begins 3rd round of nuclear talks with US in Oman

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A black smoke rises in the sky as vehicles drive on the road after a massive explosion rocked a port near the southern city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on April 26. (Islamic Republic News Agency) © AP

MUSCAT, Oman (AP) -- A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing eight people and injuring around 750 others.

Helicopters dumped water from the air on the raging fire hours after the initial explosion, which happened at the Shahid Rajaei port just as Iran and the United States met Saturday in Oman for the third round of negotiations over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program.

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