A huge gas pipe explosion caused the ground to shake on the streets of Tehran after Israel struck oil depots in Iran.

Israel has hit Iran’s fuel infrastructure for the first time in nine days as it launched a fresh wave of devastating strikes.

Video footage showed the moment a gas pipe in central Tehran sent a shockwave of explosions through buildings on the busy Shahran Boulevard.

Buildings shook and people ran for their lives as a flash of light swept through the street.

The explosions left behind a ‘river of fire’ on the streets of the city as burning oil leaked onto pavements and roads and into the city’s sewage system.

The blast came after Israeli strikes hit the nearby Shahran oil depot in the west of the city, one of four depots targeted in strikes on the Iranian capital.

Iran’s oil distribution company said four of its employees were killed in the strikes.

The skies over Tehran were turned red and filled with acrid smoke as fireballs erupted from the depots.

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