TEHRAN, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in a 10-story commercial building collapse in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan has risen to 36, semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted a top provincial official as saying on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, Khuzestan Province Governor Sadeq Khal...
TEHRAN, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a 10-storey commercial building collapse in the city of Abadan in southwestern Iran's Khuzestan Province rose to 28 on Saturday, Iran's semi-official news agency ISNA reported. The deputy governor of the Khuzestan Province said earlier that 37...
Therefore, it is necessary to analyze and root out the event comprehensively and scientifically and utilize the identified causes as a basis for the prevention of similar accidents. In this study, the causes of Plasco building accident were investigated using Timed MTO (TM) and Accimap methods. ...
Since 1960, the day of 1st September (the day when the Great Kanto Earthquake and a typhoon occurred) was designated as the "Disaster Prevention Day" in Japan. Every year, on this day, public awareness and educational programs are conducted all over the country, in order to commemorate and...
These former Soviet republics have adopted a pro-Western foreign policy orientation since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Following the emergence of a nuclear Iran, they will either bandwagon toward Iran, or will try to secure a nuclear security guarantee from Russia or China, countries much ...
ACCIDENT preventionTIME managementACCIDENT investigationNONCOMPLIANCEFIREFIGHTINGTo investigate major accidents such as the Plasco collapse in Iran, it is essential to conduct a thorough review of such events via the Proactive Safety approach. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze a...
TEHRAN, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in a 10-story commercial building collapse in southwestern Iran rose to 10, a local Red Crescent Society official said on Tuesday. The number of injuries rose to 35 in the Metropol Building incident that took place on Monday in the city of Abada...
TEHRAN, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-two bodies have so far been recovered from the rubble of a 10-storey commercial building collapse in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan, the official news agency IRNA reported on Monday. The rescuers have sped up debris removal at the scene in Khuzesta...
Iran announced a day of national mourning on Sunday to honor the victims of the 10-story building's partial collapse. The Mizan news agency of the Iranian judiciary reported that 10 people were arrested for the incident, in which the building's owner and contractor were killed. ...
TEHRAN, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of a 10-storey commercial building collapse in Iran's southwestern city of Abadan rose to 24, the semi-official news agency ISNA reported Friday. So far, 34 of the 37 injured people have been discharged from the hospital, ISNA reported, citing ...