ANKARA (Reuters) – At least 20 firefighters were killed when a 17-storey commercial building collapsed in Tehran on Thursday, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted Tehran’s mayor as saying.
Smoke rises from a blazing high-rise building in Tehran, Iran January 19, 2017. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Fire breaks out in a high-rise building in Tehran, Iran January 19, 2017. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Rescue workers operate at the site of a collapsed high-rise building in Tehran, Iran January 19, 2017. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
A firefighter reacts at the site of a blazing high-rise building in Tehran, Iran January 19, 2017. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Firefighters try to put out a fire in a blazing high-rise building in Tehran, Iran January 19, 2017. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
A collapsed building is seen in Tehran, Iran January 19, 2017. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
A firefighter reacts at the site of a blazing high-rise building in Tehran, Iran January 19, 2017. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Firefighters try to put out a fire in a blazing high-rise building in Tehran, Iran January 19, 2017. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Firefighters try to control a bus on fire in an apparent protest of the transfer of inmates from the Alcacuz prison in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, January 18, 2017. Picture taken January 18, 2016. REUTERS/Leo Carioca
“At least 20 firefighters who were trapped under rubble have died,” Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf told reporters.
(Writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Louise Ireland)
