Latest News on Tehran Plasco building fire: Reports indicate that more than 50 people have been killed in the Tehran fire, at least 30 of them firefighters, and 75 more people injured.  

 Independent, Jan. 19, 2017 – At least 30 firefighters in Tehran have been killed after responding to a huge fire in a commercial high rise building which caused the structure to collapse.
Iranian state media said it is believed people are still trapped beneath the rubble.
Emergency services, including ten fire engines, are still at the 17-storey tall Plasco building, where the blaze is still burning after breaking out at around 8am (4.30am GMT) on Thursday morning.
Dramatic footage showed the iconic structure collapsing in on itself, taking out three fire trucks as it fell.
 At least 38 firefighters were taken to hospital, state media reported earlier.
The fire is now under control, fire department spokesperson Jalal Maleki said.
The 50-year-old Plasco, home to a major shopping centre, is one of Tehran’s most recognisable landmarks.
The tower was built in the early 1960s by Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian, named after his plastics manufacturing company.
At the time of its construction the Plasco was the tallest building on the city’s skyline.

Jan. 19  2017 – Tehran oldest high-rise, Plasco Building crumbled after being engulfed in fire. Scores of fire fighters were inside the building when it fell and it is feared that many people have been killed, although there no official account as to how many people have been inside the building when it fell.

AP reported on Thursday, earlier that the building was on fire. It said firefighters were battling a blaze at an iconic building in Tehran housing a major shopping center. No injuries have been immediately reported.
The fire broke out on Thursday morning at the Plasco building, built over 50 years ago. Police blocked off streets around the 17-story structure, which was among the first high-rises built in the Iranian capital.