Tehran: A fire at an Iranian oil well near the Iraq border killed three people on Saturday and injured 10, Iran's official Irna news agency reported.
"The fire broke out on Saturday morning in an oil well at the Naft Shahr border region for unknown reasons," Bahram Teimouri, governor of Qasr-e Shirin in Kermanshah province, told Irna. Kermanshah borders Iraq.
There was no risk of the fire spreading to other wells due to their location, the official said.
"Rescue workers are now providing relief to the affected. Assistance has been sought from the surrounding cities as well as Tehran," Teimouri said.
The report did not specify the size of the oil well.
OPEC member Iran is the world's fifth largest oil exporter.
