Iran port blast fire extinguished as death toll reaches at least 70

Satellite photo showing the epicentre of an explosion at the Shahid Rajaei port near Bandar Abbas, Iran (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Iran has finally extinguished a fire at a southern port rocked by an explosion as the death toll in the blast rose to at least 70 people.

Satellite images analysed by the Associated Press also showed the devastation of the explosion that injured more than 1,000 people.