Fire on a South Pars Phase 14 Gas Platform Is Contained; All 17 Workers Who Jumped Into the Sea Are Safe

Pars Oil and Gas Company said a fire that broke out on Tuesday, 10 November 2026 (19 Aban 1405), on a gas platform in Phase 14 of the South Pars field was extinguished immediately, Al Jazeera reported, citing Iran's semi-official Fars news agency. Kourosh Dehghan, Bushehr Province's director general of crisis management, had said 17 workers jumped into the sea to save their lives. Bushehr's crisis management office later said all 17 were in good condition after boarding lifeboats and rescue craft, and that three heavy rescue vessels had been sent to the platform. Mehr News Agency reported early on Wednesday, 11 November, that the staff evacuated the platform in full health.

Fars said a gas leak or an operational mishap is being considered as a possible cause, and no definitive cause has been announced. It added that the platform accounts for only 14.5 million cubic metres of South Pars's daily output of more than 700 million cubic metres of gas, about 2 percent.