Death toll rises to 10 after building collapses in Iran’s Abadan city

At least 10 people died and about 80 were trapped under rubble when an unfinished building collapsed in southwestern Iran, officials said. (TASNIM NEWS/AFP)

There are fears the casualty toll could be much higher as more than 80 people were still believed to be trapped under the rubble after the Metropol building toppled. (Hossein Abdollah Asl, Tasnim News Agency via AP)

Shops and cars in the surrounding streets were buried in the rubble, state TV reported. (Mohammad Amin Ansari, Fars News Agency via AP)

• The 10-story residential and commercial building partly collapsed on Monday

DUBAI: The death toll from a building collapse in the southern Iranian city of Abadan has reached 10, with some people still missing, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
The 10-story residential and commercial building partly collapsed on Monday, leaving at least 80 people under the rubble, according to state TV.
“After hours of emergency efforts, 30 people trapped under the rubble were extracted alive and taken to hospital to treat their injuries,” a deputy governor of the Khuzestan province told IRNA.
The number of people still trapped under the rubble remains unclear.