Fire shuts down Iran gas production platform in South Pars field: Report

A fire broke out at Iran gas production platform in the South Pars field on Saturday; shutting production at the unit; state broadcaster IRIB reported.

"South Pars Platform 16 suffered a large fire and exited the production circuit;" IRIB said.

The Pars Oil and Gas Company; which operates the platform; said there had been a gas leak but that the damage was "not large;" state TV's IRINN news channel said in a posting on its Telegram account.