A blast at Iran's Abadan's oil refinery has left two people dead and 12 wounded.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was on a visit to the facility at the time, but was not injured.
The president was at the refinery to inaugurate a unit that will elevate the nation's petrol production capacity by an extra 4.2 million litres a day.
He then went on to make a televised speech, reports said.
'A technical fault led to an explosion in one of the units of this refinery,' Fars news agency said, referring to the oil facility in the southwestern city of Abadan.
'The fire was immediately controlled ... The blast did not interrupt the president's programme,' Fars added.
It said heavy smoke was clouding the refinery and billowed across the city.
'Currently the control of the fire and the rescue operation has been completed and the investigation of the blast has commenced,' Mehr said.
