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Dozens feared trapped after 10-storey building collapses in Iran | Dozens feared trapped after 10-storey building collapses in Iran |
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Up to 150 people are thought to have been inside the Metropol building at the time | Up to 150 people are thought to have been inside the Metropol building at the time |
Six people have been killed and dozens more are thought to be trapped after an unfinished building collapsed in south-west Iran, state media report. | |
The Iranian Red Crescent said rescue teams had pulled 32 survivors from the rubble of the 10-storey Metropol office block in Abadan. | |
Pictures showed that concrete floors and steel beams had fallen on to the street below, crushing several cars. | Pictures showed that concrete floors and steel beams had fallen on to the street below, crushing several cars. |
Officials said the cause of the collapse was being investigated. | |
Local prosecutor Hamid Maranipour said both the Metropol's owner and the building contractor had been arrested. | |
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State news agency Irna reported that the building was located on Abadan's busiest commercial street, and that its lower floors had been open for a few days while construction work continued above. | |
Witnesses said the collapse, which happened at around 12:40 local time (08:10 GMT), was sudden. | |
"I thought it was an earthquake at first," Ahmad, a shop owner, told the Associated Press. | |
The Iranian Red Crescent said 17 rescue teams from Abadan and neighbouring cities rushed to the scene along with more than a dozen ambulances. | |
It initially feared that at least 80 people were trapped in the rubble, but after several hours rescuers lowered the missing to "tens" of people. | |
The Metropol building was located on one of Abadan's busiest commercial streets | The Metropol building was located on one of Abadan's busiest commercial streets |
The Mehr news agency said most of those who were trapped had been shopping on the ground floor of one of the finished parts of the building. | |
Later on Monday afternoon, angry residents took to the streets to protest against the actions of local authorities. A video showed them shouting: "Today is a day of mourning for poor Abadan". | |
In another video, a crowd appeared to run after the city's mayor, Hossein Hamidpour, near the scene of the collapse. | |
In 2017, at least 20 people were killed, including 16 firefighters, when the 17-storey Plasco building in Tehran caught fire and then collapsed. |