Five dead, 80 trapped as 10-story building collapses in Iran
May 23, 2022, 5:00 pm

Five dead, 80 trapped as 10-story building collapses in Iran

Representative image-Building collapse- Pixabay

Iranian state TV reported on Monday (May 23) that five people were killed when a 10-storey building in Iran’s southern city of Abadan partly collapsed and rescuers were trying to help at least 80 people left trapped under the rubble.

The semi-official Mehr news agency identified the building as a residential-commercial property on Amir Kabir street in the city, which is close to the border with Iraq.

State television said, noting that the premises was still under construction: “Parts of the 10-story Metropol building, located in Abadan, capital of Khuzestan province, collapsed."

According to a regional branch of the Red Crescent, at least 80 people were trapped under the rubble and rescue dogs were deployed to help locate them.

The 10-story Metropol building, located in Abadan, capital of Khuzestan province in Iran, which collapsed. (Social media)

According to state television, the building is located on Abadan’s busiest street where “commercial, medical and office” buildings predominate.

State TV said emergency teams were being dispatched from other cities to help with the rescue operation, with two teams of rescue dogs, a helicopter and seven rescue vehicles already at the scene.

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It showed footage of angry Abadan residents shouting slogans against the city authorities.

State TV said that the head of Khuzestan province’s judiciary has ordered an investigation into the building’s collapse, and its owner andthe contractor who built it have been arrested.

Source: alarabiyaenglish

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