Smoke rises from an oil refinery in the south of Tehran, Iran, on June 3, 2021. A huge fire broke out in the Shahid Tondguyan Oil Refinery in the south of Tehran on Wednesday evening, local media reported. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)

TEHRAN, June 2  -- A huge fire broke out in the Shahid Tondguyan Oil Refinery in the south of Iran's capital Tehran on Wednesday evening, local media reported.

"One of the liquid gas transmitting lines in Tehran refinery has been damaged... but apparently there is no serious risk," Masour Darajati, the managing director of Tehran crisis management team told state TV.

Firefighters have been dispatched to the area to contain the fire, said Darajati.

The Emergency Center of Tehran announced that so far no one has been injured in the incident.

Meanwhile, the public relations of the Shahid Tondguyan Oil Refinery dismissed the possibility of sabotage act at the refinery, according to the Iran's Labor News Agency (ILNA).

Local media published pictures of thick smoke from the blaze which is visible from other parts of the city.