Iran

2 Killed, 2 Injured in Fire at Iranian Petrochemical Plant

Workers unloading carbohydrate materials when fire occurred.

Company provides half of the nation's milk and ice cream.

Surrounding neighborhood extensively damaged by explosion.

Iranian authorities quick to offer explanations other than sabotage.

Fire is the latest in a rash of industrial accidents in that country.

Blaze extinguished with 10 minutes.

Blast also extensively damage the plant next door.

State-owned media reports that most workers released after medical treatment.

Iranian had refused to label the incident as sabotage.

The Parchin complex near Tehran is the largest explosive maker in the country.