Iran says the fire at a southern port rocked by an explosion finally was extinguished as the death toll in the incident rose to at least 70 people killed.

Iranian officials ruled out sabotage as being behind the recent fire at the Shahid Rajaee port but have not commented on the cause of Tuesday’s blast in Isfahan.

Iran has finally extinguished a fire at a southern port rocked by an explosion as the death toll in the blast rose to at least 70 people. Satellite images analysed by the Associated Press also showed the devastation of the explosion that injured more than 1,