Fierce fire in warehouses in Iran’s capital Tehran

Tehran (IANS). A huge fire broke out in several warehouses located in Tehran, the capital of Iran. The fire broke out at 6:01 pm local time on Sunday, Xinhua news agency quoted state news agency IRNA as saying. An 8,000-square-meter warehouse located in southern Tehran was made up of several 300-square-meter warehouses to hold goods, especially electronic equipment.

In his remarks to IRNA, Tehran Fire Department spokesman Jalal Maleki said those warehouses were mostly constructed using unsafe materials.

He said that fire brigade personnel from five stations were immediately rushed to the spot to douse the fire.

No casualty has been reported so far.