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Tehran high-rise collapses after fire, 30 feared dead (UPDATING)

Society Materials 19 January 2017 14:55 (UTC +04:00)
Iranian media say a 17-story building has collapsed in Iran’s capital Tehran after a huge fire erupted in it.

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By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend:

Latest on the fire in high-rise building in Tehran, Iran

14:55 (GMT +4) At least 30 firefighters are feared to have been killed after Iran's oldest high-rise in southern Tehran collapsed on Jan. 19 following a major fire in the building, Press TV reports citing the state media.

Meanwhile, local media reports suggest that army forces and equipment have been dispatched to the site to help the rescue operations.

14:00 (GMT +4) Tasnim news agency has quoted Mohsen Hamedani, the deputy general-governor of Tehran for security, as saying that the three nearby buildings of the embassies of Turkey, Germany and the UK were evacuated before the Plasco building collapsed.

12:45 (GMT +4) Iranian media say a 17-story building has collapsed in Iran’s capital Tehran after a huge fire erupted in it.

The fire engulfed the Plasco building, a major shopping center in Tehran, this morning.

At least 30 people, including firefighters, are trapped under the rubble, ISNA news agency reports.

In the meantime, Tasnim news agency reported that the incident has injured at least 70 people.

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