Five villages destroyed in Iran train explosion

Five Iranian villages have been destroyed near the site of the train explosion, official news agency IRNA reports.

Five Iranian villages have been destroyed near the site of the train explosion, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency.

The train carrying fuel and industrial chemicals exploded in northeastern Iran today, killing more than 200 people and injuring hundreds more, the official news agency reported.

About 300 people were injured in the explosion, when the freight train, hauling fuel oil and other industrial chemicals blew up outside the city of Neyshapur in Iran’s Khorasan province.