Clinic Explosion in Iran capital Tehran kills at least 19
Not less than 19 people have been killed in an explosion at a clinic in Iran’s capital Tehran, officials say.
Dozens were injured at the Sina Athar clinic, and there are fears the death toll will rise further.
Iran’s state media quoted senior officials as saying the explosion was due to a gas leak.
Television pictures showed plumes of smoke billowing in the sky. Firefighters extinguished the blaze several hours later.
Most of the victims of yesterday’s blast were women, according to the authorities.
Some of the victims “were in upper floors, in operation rooms – who were either patients being operated on or those with them”, Tehran fire department spokesman Jalal Maleki was quoted as saying by state media.
“They unfortunately lost their lives due to the heat and thick smoke,” he said, adding that firefighters had rescued 20 people.
The clinic, which carries out light surgeries and medical imaging, had 25 employees inside at the time of the explosion, Mr Maleki said.
Source___BBC
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