MNA � Head of the Defense Ministry�s Public Relations Office said that the area in which the gas tank exploded last night is under control and there is no special problem.

Head of the Defense Ministry�s Public Relations Office, Second Brigadier General Davud Abdi referred to the latest developments regarding the gas tank explosion in Parchin and said, �Last night's incident in southeastern Tehran was caused by a leak in a gas tank in the Parchin area.�

�Gas leak led to the explosion of the tank which was timely contained by firefighting units and no one was harmed,� he noted.

�I was in this area a few minutes ago and, fortunately, we do not have any particular problems and everything is going according to the normal routine,� he maintained.

�The incident occurred on a hill which was not a residential area and therefore no one was injured,� he added.