{"id":253871,"date":"2026-08-18T06:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/253871\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T06:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:27:08","slug":"major-fire-destroys-fuel-tankers-at-depot-in-northern-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/253871\/","title":{"rendered":"Major fire destroys fuel tankers at depot in northern Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>18 August 2026 09:41<\/p>\n<p>A major fire broke out at the Tanjaro fuel depot in Iraq\u2019s Sulaymaniyah province, triggering several explosions and destroying dozens of fuel tankers.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze reportedly destroyed 38 tanker trucks and more than 3 million liters of gasoline. Initial reports indicate that a fuel leak may have caused the fire, allowing the flames to spread rapidly across the facility, <a href=\"https:\/\/caliber.az\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Caliber.Az<\/a> reports, citing Iranian media.<\/p>\n<p>Two people suffered burns in the incident. One was hospitalised, while the other was reported to be in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire and assessing the full extent of the damage. The incident could also disrupt fuel transportation and distribution in Sulaymaniyah province.<\/p>\n<p>By Sabina Mammadli<\/p>\n<p>Caliber.Az<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n<p>Views: 59<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"18 August 2026 09:41 A major fire broke out at the Tanjaro fuel depot in Iraq\u2019s Sulaymaniyah province,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[282,288,287,283,286,281,285,94,284,280],"class_list":["post-253871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","tag-azerbaijan","tag-baku","tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","tag-international-experts","tag-interviews","tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","tag-iraq","tag-news-from-baku","tag-news-of-azerbaijan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117115095859681713","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}