Tuesday, August 14, 2007

MASSIVE FIRE in Tehran!

Smoke billows from the Amin Hozour district in central Tehran.

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Iranian Bazteb News is reporting an "Inferno" in Tehran:

A raging inferno in the crowded Amin Hozour district, central Tehran has caused extensive damages to a large number of shops and buildings.

The blaze started at 16:48 local time (13:18 GMT). Firefighters from numerous fire stations have been called to bring the conflagration under control, Fars News Agency reported.

No further reports on the cause of the blaze and the extent of damages are available.
There is not much more on the blaze at this time but ISNA has photos of the inferno.
Iran Press TV has a brief article on the blaze.

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2 comments:

  1. jeff4:43 PM

    Interesting how that bottom photo seems to show a great number of gas stoves...

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  2. Nahanni5:21 PM

    One can only hope the fire ws not in one of their nuclear storage or production facilities. The Iranians have placed many of them in populated areas using their citizens as human shields for them.

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