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Fire at drug rehab centre in north Iran kills 27: judiciary

GreenWatch Desk Fire 2023-11-03, 1:06pm

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A massive fire that broke out Friday at a drug rehabilitation centre in northern Iran killed at least 27 people, the
judiciary said.

"Twenty-seven have died and 12 others taken to hospital after a fire erupted at a drug rehabilitation camp in Langarud", a city in Gilan province north of Tehran, said the judiciary's Mizan Online news website quoting provincial chief justice Esmail Sadeghi, reports BSS.