Collapse Kills Iranian Firefighters

Post-collapse photos from tragic high-rise fire

Iran Fire

Iranian firefighters work at the scene of the collapsed Plasco building after being engulfed by a fire, in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Iran’s state-run Press TV says dozens of firefighters have been killed in the collapse of a burning high-rise building in Tehran. The collapse came just hours after the blaze erupted at the Plasco building, an iconic structure in central Tehran, just north of the capital’s sprawling bazaar. Firefighters, soldiers and other emergency responders dug through the rubble, looking for survivors. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran Fire

Firefighters work at the scene of the collapsed Plasco building after being engulfed by a fire, in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Iran’s state-run Press TV says dozens of firefighters have been killed in the collapse of a burning high-rise building in Tehran. The collapse came just hours after the blaze erupted at the Plasco building, an iconic structure in central Tehran, just north of the capital’s sprawling bazaar. Firefighters, soldiers and other emergency responders dug through the rubble, looking for survivors.(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran Fire

A firefighter works at the scene of the collapsed Plasco building after being engulfed by a fire, in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Iran’s state-run Press TV says dozens of firefighters have been killed in the collapse of a burning high-rise building in Tehran. The collapse came just hours after the blaze erupted at the Plasco building, an iconic structure in central Tehran, just north of the capital’s sprawling bazaar. Firefighters, soldiers and other emergency responders dug through the rubble, looking for survivors. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran Fire

Iranian firefighters work at the scene of the collapsed Plasco building after being engulfed by a fire, in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Iran’s state-run Press TV says dozens of firefighters have been killed in the collapse of a burning high-rise building. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran Fire

Iranian firefighters work at the scene of the collapsed Plasco building after being engulfed by a fire, in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Iran’s state-run Press TV says dozens of firefighters have been killed in the collapse of a burning high-rise building in Tehran. The collapse came just hours after the blaze erupted at the Plasco building, an iconic structure in central Tehran, just north of the capital’s sprawling bazaar. Firefighters, soldiers and other emergency responders dug through the rubble, looking for survivors. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran Fire

Iranian firefighters work at the scene of the collapsed Plasco building after being engulfed by a fire, in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Iran’s state-run Press TV says dozens of firefighters have been killed in the collapse of a burning high-rise building in Tehran. The collapse came just hours after the blaze erupted at the Plasco building, an iconic structure in central Tehran, just north of the capital’s sprawling bazaar. Firefighters, soldiers and other emergency responders dug through the rubble, looking for survivors.(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran Fire

Iranian firefighters work at the scene of the collapsed Plasco building after being engulfed by a fire, in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Iran’s state-run Press TV says dozens of firefighters have been killed in the collapse of a burning high-rise building in Tehran. The collapse came just hours after the blaze erupted at the Plasco building, an iconic structure in central Tehran, just north of the capital’s sprawling bazaar. Firefighters, soldiers and other emergency responders dug through the rubble, looking for survivors. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran Fire

Iranian firefighters work at the scene of the collapsed Plasco building after being engulfed by a fire, in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Iran’s state-run Press TV says dozens of firefighters have been killed in the collapse of a burning high-rise building in Tehran. The collapse came just hours after the blaze erupted at the Plasco building, an iconic structure in central Tehran, just north of the capital’s sprawling bazaar. Firefighters, soldiers and other emergency responders dug through the rubble, looking for survivors. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

APTOPIX Iran Fire

An emotional firefighter stands next to his colleague outside to the Plasco building engulfed by a fire, in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The disaster struck the iconic structure in central Tehran just north of the Iranian capital’s sprawling bazaar. Firefighters, soldiers and other emergency responders dug through the rubble, looking for survivors. Dozens of firefighters were killed. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran Fire

A firefighter works during the operations removing debris of the Plasco building where collapsed after engulfed by a fire, in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. A high-rise building in Tehran engulfed by fire collapsed on Thursday. The disaster struck the Plasco building, an iconic structure in central Tehran just north of the Iranian capital’s sprawling bazaar. Firefighters, soldiers and other emergency responders dug through the rubble, looking for survivors. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran Fire

Firefighters work during the operations removing debris of the Plasco building where collapsed after engulfed by a fire, in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The disaster struck the Plasco building, an iconic structure in central Tehran just north of the Iranian capital’s sprawling bazaar. Firefighters, soldiers and other emergency responders dug through the rubble, looking for survivors. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

 

 

 

 

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