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Rescue operations underway after high-rise collapse in Tehran

A rainbow appears as a firefighter removes debris of the Plasco building.

Yusef Jalali
Press TV, Tehran

Relentless work is underway in the Iranian capital to find possible survivors of an iconic high rise collapse. Rescue teams using heavy construction machinery have been digging into the rubble from the Plasco commercial complex to find some 20 firefighters trapped underneath. So far the bodies of 2 firefighters have been recovered and a 3rd died in the hospital.


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