The death toll from a powerful explosion at Iran's biggest port of Bandar Abbas has risen to at least 25 dead, with more than 700 people injured, state media reported on Sunday, as firefighters worked to fully extinguish the fire.

At least 25 people were killed and hundreds of others were injured in a massive blast that rocked the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday.

A massive explosion at Iran’s Shahid Rajaee Port, reportedly linked to a shipment of missile fuel chemicals, has killed at least 25 people and injured around 750.