Fires rage at Iran's Bandar Abbas naval headquarters, Strait of Hormuz traffic stalled

Satellite images released Monday amusement fires burning and immense plumes of achromatic fume rising from Iran’s main naval office astatine Bandar Abbas, with astatine slightest 1 vas ablaze pursuing a strike.

The images, from Planet Labs, were released wrong days of the U.S. and Israel launching targeted strikes connected Iran, and up of President Donald Trump saying helium would not regularisation retired sending U.S. troops into Iran if "necessary" amid Operation Epic Fury.

The escalation comes arsenic commercialized tanker postulation done the Strait of Hormuz has efficaciously stalled, according to maritime quality steadfast Windward AI. 

Bandar Abbas fires rage astatine Iran's main naval headquarters  (PLANET LABV)

According to the Times of Israel, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) commandant besides said the Strait of Hormuz was closed Monday, with Iran claiming it would acceptable occurrence to immoderate vas trying to pass.

Fox News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin confirmed the Strait of Hormuz was not closed, according to CENTCOM.

Bandar Abbas, the superior of Hormozgan Province, occupies a cardinal presumption on the Strait of Hormuz and the larboard is simply a cardinal basal serving arsenic the office of the Iranian Navy.

"As of 10:56 a.m. GMT connected March 2, 2026, the Port of Bandar Abbas is experiencing aggregate progressive fires, including 1 aboard a berthed vessel, portion maintaining a important combined subject and commercialized beingness astatine larboard facilities," Windward AI reported.

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A outer presumption of the Strait of Hormuz, a captious chokepoint for planetary vigor supply, connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman.  (Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2025/Amanda Macias/Fox News Digital)

"Three chiseled fires are presently reported successful the vicinity. Two are located astatine larboard infrastructure facilities, and 1 involves a vas presently astatine berth."

Seventeen subject vessels and 5 commercialized ships remained docked contempt the fires, the steadfast said, noting that the continued subject attraction suggests "a heightened antiaircraft posture alternatively than evacuation."

Windward warned that progressive fires astatine Iran’s main naval and commercialized larboard present "additional operational uncertainty" and rise the hazard of secondary maritime disruption crossed the Gulf.

Video footage besides shared by Iran International appeared to amusement an onslaught targeting Iranian naval aerial facilities successful Bandar Abbas.

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Naval units from Iran and Russia simulate the rescue of a hijacked vas during associated drills astatine the Port of Bandar Abbas successful Hormozgan, Iran, connected Feb. 19, 2026. (Iranian Army/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Satellite imagery analyzed by BBC Verify identified a damaged vas astir 230 meters (750 feet) agelong — consistent, it said, with a Makran-class guardant basal vessel operated by the Iranian Navy.

The Makran, a converted tanker measuring astir 228 meters, is besides a mobile maritime basal and chopper bearer susceptible of deploying up to 5 helicopters and fast-attack boats.

The onslaught astatine Iran's naval HQ came connected the 3rd time of unfastened conflict, with U.S. Central Command saying it had sunk 11 Iranian vessels successful the Gulf of Oman.

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"Two days ago, the Iranian authorities had 11 ships successful the Gulf of Oman, contiguous they person ZERO," CENTCOM said connected X.

Trump has said "annihilating" Iran’s naval forces is simply a halfway nonsubjective of Operation Epic Fury, and that the U.S. has destroyed 9 Iranian naval ships truthful far.

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