TEHRAN: An Iranian woman died Wednesday when the remains of a building that had collapsed in May in the country’s southwest also crumbled, state news agency IRNA said.
The 10-story Metropol building, which had been under construction in the city of Abadan in Khuzestan province, collapsed on May 23, killing 43 people.
It took emergency services almost two weeks to recover the bodies of those killed in the disaster, one of Iran’s deadliest in years.
A remaining part of the building collapsed on Wednesday and “the body of a woman... was extracted from the ruins by firefighters,” IRNA reported.
On October 11, an official quoted by IRNA said that “the demolition of the three remaining parts” of the building “should be completed within a month.”
In late August, Iran’s judiciary said 21 people including high-ranking local officials had been sentenced to three years in prison for “manslaughter” over the deadly collapse.
The judicial authority’s Mizan Online website said the current mayor of Abadan, two former mayors and several city officials were among those sentenced.
The tragedy sparked a series of demonstrations across the country against authorities accused of corruption and incompetence.
Iranian dies after remains of stricken building collapse
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Iranian dies after remains of stricken building collapse
- A remaining part of the building collapsed on Wednesday and "the body of a woman... was extracted from the ruins by firefighters," IRNA reported
