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29 killed, 38 missing in building collapse in Iran's Abadan
CGTN

The death toll in a 10-story commercial building collapse in southwestern Iranian city of Abadan rose to 29, while a total of 38 people have been reported missing, Iran's Tasnim news agency quoted a top provincial official as saying on Sunday.

Khuzestan Province's Governor Sadeq Khalilian visited the site of the incident and said 29 bodies have been recovered from the debris so far, of which three are unidentified.

He said the rescue work is still underway to find the rest of the trapped bodies, assuring that the operations will continue until the last casualty is evacuated.

(Cover: A view of a collapsed 10-storey building, as rescue operations continue in the southwestern city of Abadan, Iran, May 24, 2022. /CFP)

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

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