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3 killed in avalanche in northeast of Tehran

Xinhua, February 3, 2017 Adjust font size:

At least three people were killed in the swipe of avalanche in Damavand district in the northeast of capital Tehran on Friday, official IRNA news agency reported.

One of the victims was Mohammad-Ali Tolouie-Moqaddam, the head of Road Bureau of Pardis and Roudehen towns, who was in the area for relief aid, the report said.

Details of the other two victims were not revealed. Another two buried under the heavy snow were recovered alive, but they sustained injuries, deputy Governor General of Tehran, Hassan Karimi, told IRNA.

Karimi said the incident occurred early Friday morning and immediately relief and rescue operations were launched with the sniffer dogs dispatched to the area for rescue purposes. Endit