29 killed, 38 missing in building collapse in SW Iran

TEHRAN: MAY. 30 – The death toll in a 10-story commercial building collapse in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan rose to 29, while a total of 38 people have been reported missing, semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted a top provincial official as saying on Sunday.

Khuzestan Province’s Governor Sadeq Khalilian told reporters on the sidelines of a visit to the site of the incident that 29 bodies have been recovered from the debris so far, of which three are unidentified.