May 22

At least 17 people were injured on Saturday in a fire near the Razi Square in Iran's capital Tehran, as reported by the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA).

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 organization, as quoted by ISNA.

Tavakoli said that among the injured were two firefighters and several passersby, adding that eight of them had been transferred to medical centers for treatment.

Jalal Maleki, the spokesperson for the Tehran Fire Department revealed that the storehouse had received five safety warnings during the previous Iranian calendar year.

xinhua