(Story dated 16-10-2007, have not checked if this is a repost or not (very nice but busy & intense couple of days and I am in no condition to do any checking :-) , It's also from a blog & I cannot locate any source, so, If I have violated any of the posting rules, my sincere apologies to the Rantburg comunity) Yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, November 13) a series of explosions rocked Parchin Military Site (where missiles, including Cruise missiles, are manufactured) in southern Tehran. As a result, several military personnel of the site were injured.
The explosions reportedly started in missile industries section of the Site. When shrapnel of the explosions hit another sections, eight other warehouses located next to each other were engulfed in flames.
The fire, which began at 2:00 p.m. and was put out at 8:00 p.m., was so extensive that fire fighters from seven fire stations rushed to the scene. Four of the injured were Mostafa Nourizadeh, Alireza Verdi-lou, Nasser Rezai, and Morteza Motahari.
For some reason I have a picture in my head of Donald Rumsfeld doing a Monty Burns imitation.