Martyred firefighters' funerals slated for Jan. 30

EghtesadOnline: Funeral procession of firefighters, martyred in Plasco Buidling fire and collapse, will be held on Monday, January 30.

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29 January 2017

Tehran Deputy Mayor, Mojtaba Abdollahi, said on Saturday that after prayers for their bodies in Imam Khomeini's Mosalla prayers ground, they are to be laid in rest in Behesht Zahra Cemetery.

Plasco Trade Center, the 17-storey building, collapsed on January 19 while a number of firefighters were inside the building to rescue those trapped in the huge fire, IRNA reported.

Plasco, built in 1962, was the first high-rise building in the Iranian capital.

Bodies of 15 firefighters were recovered during debris removal operations and one firefighter succumbed to injuries in the hospital.