Armenian president condoles with Rouhani on firefighters

EghtesadOnline: Armenian President Serge Sarkisian in a message to his Iranian counterpart, offered condolences on loss of a number of Iranian firefighters during collapse of Plasco Trade Center in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

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21 January 2017

'Fire in a building in Tehran and its consequences saddened us,' said the Armenian presiden.

According to IRNA, the message added, 'I offer my condolences to the bereaved families of the victims and the Iranian people on the death of the firefighters who sacrificed their lives to do their duty.'

Head of Iran's Emergency Medical Services, Pir-Hossein Kolivand said on Thursday that following the collapse of the Plasco Trade Center, many firefighters are feared dead.

The Plasco Trade Center, which was one of the biggest in the Iranian capital, collapsed Thursday morning as the fire started in the seventeen-storey business building in the early hours of Thursday, despite efforts by Tehran firefighters to stop it.

A center for making apparel, the Plasco building soon was engulfed in a big fire that caused the collapse of a wall in its northern side and final total collapse.