TEHRAN, May 21 (NNN-ISNA) – At least 17 people were injured yesterday, in a fire, near the Razi Square, in Iran’s capital, Tehran.
The fire originated in a storehouse, during the morning hours, and six ambulances, five motorlances, and one ambulance bus, were dispatched to the scene, according to Mohammad Esmaeil Tavakoli, the head of Tehran’s medical emergency organisation.
Tavakoli said that, among the injured were two firefighters and several passersby, adding that, eight of them had been transferred to medical centres for treatment.
Jalal Maleki, spokesperson for the Tehran Fire Department, revealed that, the storehouse had received five safety warnings, during the previous Iranian calendar year, which concluded on March 20.– NNN-ISNA
