The death toll is increasing in the disaster caused by the collapsed 10-storey building in Abadan, Iran.

[dBSPL]

I extend my condolences to the relatives of the deceased people and to the Iranian people. It's a very sad event indeed.

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Iran building collapse death toll jumps to 19​

The number of people killed when an unfinished building collapsed in south-west Iran has risen to 19, state media say.

Dozens more were injured when the 10-storey Metropol office block in Abadan crashed to the ground on Monday.
Pictures showed that concrete floors and steel beams had fallen on to the street below, crushing several cars.
A search and rescue operation is continuing, and the cause of the collapse is being investigated.
Local prosecutor Hamid Maranipour said both the Metropol's owner and the building contractor had been arrested.

Iran building collapse death toll jumps to 26

A search and rescue operation is continuing days after the 10-storey building fell down.

www.bbc.com

There are very tragic photos and videos from Abadan and collapsed building site, and I don't want to share them here. However, here are some of the notes I took:

On May 23, the Petropol twin towers under construction in Abadan, Iran, collapsed. It has been 5 days since the event, but;

-Exactly how many people are under the rubble still unknown.
-New parts of the building keep crashed on following days
-Some reporters said, at 40 degrees air temperature, the corpses under building started to smell.
-Although the official authorities said that Abdulbagi (construction contractor), whose name was involved in many corruptions before, died during the incident, the public was not convinced.
-The people of the region are very reactive to these events. There are cases of arson and street protests.
-The public reacted against the involvement of Besic, the semi-civilian arm of the Revolutionary Guards Army, in order to prevent the public protests that took place after the Abadan disaster.

 

[Surya 1]

Very unfortunate. RIP to dead. Wishes of fast recovery to all who are injured.

 

[Hack-Hook]

A search and rescue operation is continuing, and the cause of the collapse is being investigated.
Local prosecutor Hamid Maranipour said both the Metropol's owner and the building contractor had been arrested.

thats a wrong news the owner and contractor according to the last data are dead.
that was mentioned by one news agency wrongly when the arrest warrant for them were issued.

but if you want to knew what happens its simple you get permit to build 6 story building , then when you are in middle of the work and built foundation and columns of those 6 story you go and find one corrupt official and get permission to add 5 more story to it and by the help of your friend for 3-4 year prevent engineers to inspect it . and after 4 year of work the engineer will see it and issue a strict warning to the municipality that the building is impossible to see its finish and will collapse if they build its wall . but again your corrupt friends decide not to head the warning and continue .

what you expect will happen. one thing that worries me is the owner had several more major building in Abadan , i wonder whats the situation of those buildings .