悲劇は、首都テヘランの中心部、有名なバザールの北にある17階建てビル「プラスコ」で発生した。この高層ビルは、1960年代初めに、イランの著名な企業家ハビブ・エルグハニアン氏によって建てられたもので、氏の所有するプラスチック製造会社にちなみ「プラスコ」という名前で呼ばれ、建設当時としては比類のない高さを誇ったため、テヘランでは知らない人のいない場所だった。付近には、いくつかの国の大使館もある。
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Firefighters battle a blaze that engulfed Iran's oldest high-rise, the 15-storey Plasco building in downtown Tehran on January 19, 2017.
State television said 200 firefighters had been called to the scene and 38 had already been injured battling the blaze before it fell.
State television said 200 firefighters had been called to the scene and 38 had already been injured battling the blaze before it fell.
A collapsed building is seen in Tehran, Iran January 19, 2017.
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Firefighters battle a blaze that engulfed Iran's oldest high-rise, the 15-storey Plasco building in downtown Tehran on January 19, 2017.
State television said 200 firefighters had been called to the scene and 38 had already been injured battling the blaze before it fell.
State television said 200 firefighters had been called to the scene and 38 had already been injured battling the blaze before it fell.
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Iranian firefighters work to extinguish fire of the Plasco building in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The high-rise building engulfed by a fire collapsed on Thursday as scores of firefighters battled the blaze.
A firefighter reacts at the site of a blazing high-rise building in Tehran, Iran January 19, 2017.
Firefighters try to put out a fire in a blazing high-rise building in Tehran, Iran January 19, 2017.
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Firefighters battle a blaze that engulfed Iran's oldest high-rise, the 15-storey Plasco building in downtown Tehran on January 19, 2017.
State television said 200 firefighters had been called to the scene and 38 had already been injured battling the blaze before it fell.
State television said 200 firefighters had been called to the scene and 38 had already been injured battling the blaze before it fell.
A collapsed building is seen in Tehran, Iran January 19, 2017.
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© AFP 2023 / Stringer
Firefighters battle a blaze that engulfed Iran's oldest high-rise, the 15-storey Plasco building in downtown Tehran on January 19, 2017.
State television said 200 firefighters had been called to the scene and 38 had already been injured battling the blaze before it fell.
State television said 200 firefighters had been called to the scene and 38 had already been injured battling the blaze before it fell.
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© AP Photo / Vahid Salemi
Iranian firefighters work to extinguish fire of the Plasco building in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The high-rise building engulfed by a fire collapsed on Thursday as scores of firefighters battled the blaze.
A firefighter reacts at the site of a blazing high-rise building in Tehran, Iran January 19, 2017.
Firefighters try to put out a fire in a blazing high-rise building in Tehran, Iran January 19, 2017.
