Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 19
By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend:
Iranian media say a 17-story building has collapsed in Iran’s capital Tehran after a huge fire erupted in it.
At least 30 people, including firefighters, have been trapped in the rubbles, ISNA news agency reported.
The fire erupted in Plasco building, a major shopping center in central Tehran, this morning.
In the meantime, Tasnim news agency reported that the incident has injured at least 200 people.
Mohsen Hamedani, the deputy general-governor of Tehran for security, has said that the three nearby buildings of the embassies of Turkey, Germany and the UK were evacuated before the building collapsed.