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Rescuers searching for victims of Iran building collapse

Rescue teams worked through the night to try and reach trapped victims and firefighters after a commercial building collapsed in Iran's capital and killed at least 30 firefighters.

 

Scores of workers and dozens of trucks were searching the ruins for victims on Friday, a day after a historic high-rise building in the heart of Tehran caught fire and later collapsed.

 

The building was home to more than 500 garment and clothing workshops, their offices and warehouses, and was full of chemical materials, authorities said. Thursday's disaster stunned the city and firefighters and others openly wept on the streets, holding each other for support. Dozens of people lined up to donate blood.

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.20.17, 10:40