Satellite Pics Show 500 Oil Tankers Destroyed On Afghanistan-Iran Border

Thursday, 18 February 2021Newsdesk

High resolution satellite imagery shows the impact of a massive fire that engulfed hundreds of trucks on February 13 at Afghanistan's Islam Qala, a key border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran's Herat province. At least 60 people were injured, news agency AFP reported.

New Delhi, 18 February 2021

As per news report of NDTV, the new images are from Maxar's WorldView-3 satellite and were shot on Wednesday. The images indicate that debris continues to smoulder days after the initial explosion which was visible from space. More than 500 trucks carrying natural gas and fuel were destroyed.

Source - NDTV