Nine dead in gas leak explosion south of Tehran
In this March 31, 2020, file photo, Iran's national flag waves as Milad telecommunications tower and other buildings are seen in Tehran, Iran. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
Nine people, six of them women, die in an explosion triggered by a gas leak in a building located in the southern suburbs of Tehran, according to an Iranian Red Crescent official.
“An explosion on Wednesday evening in a building in Robat-Karim, south of the capital, left nine dead and nine injured,” Iranian Red Crescent director Shahin Fathi tells state television.
The three-story building was destroyed in the detonation produced by the gas leak, adds Fathi. He says that the rescue operation ended early this morning after 11 hours of searching for survivors.
