30 firefighters killed in collapse of high-rise building in Iranian capital

Update: 10am: Thirty firefighters are reported to have been killed when a burning building in the capital of Iran collapsed.

30 firefighters killed in collapse of high-rise building in Iranian capital

Update: 10am: Thirty firefighters are reported to have been killed when a burning building in the capital of Iran collapsed.

State-run Press TV announced the deaths in the blaze at the Plasco building, a landmark structure in central Tehran, just north of the capital's sprawling bazaar, on Thursday.

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