Azeri President extends condolences on Tehran high rise collapse
EghtesadOnline: Azerbaijan Republic President Ilham Aliyev, in a message to President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday, expressed condolences over the sad occasion of fire in Tehran Plasco Trade Center which resulted in collapse on January 19.
In his message, Aliyev voiced his severe grief on the sad occasion.
He condoled with the bereaved families of the victims of the Plasco building inferno, IRNA reported.
He also wished quick recovery for the injured.
The 17-storey trade center, the first high-rise building of the Iranian capital, caught fire on Thursday morning and collapsed in just three hours.
According to member of Tehran City Council Morteza Talaie, bodies of four firefighters have been recovered from the debris increasing the number of the dead firefighters to five with the one who had earlier lost his life in the hospital.
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