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Injury toll in trade center fire runs into 119

Jan 21, 2017, 11:40 AM
News ID: 9573

EghtesadOnline: An official at the Tehran Emergency Center says that the number of people wounded at the Plasco Trade Center Thursday big fire has risen to 119.

Four firefighters have also been hospitalized because of their injuries, Hassan Abbasi told IRNA. 

The ambulances of the Tehran Emergency Center have been put on full alert to help the victims, Abbasi said.

According to IRNA, Plasco Trade Center, the 17-storey building collapsed on Thursday while a number of firefighters were in the center to rescue those trapped in the huge fire.