Firefighters try to control a bus on fire in an apparent protest of the transfer of inmates from the Alcacuz prison in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, January 18, 2017. Picture taken January 18, 2016. REUTERS/Leo Carioca
ANKARA (Reuters) - At least 20 firefighters were killed when a 17-storey Tehran commercial building collapsed on top of them as they tried to put out a blaze, Iranian state television quoted the city's mayor as saying on Thursday.
Soldiers, sniffer dogs and rescue workers were searching the ruins of the Plasco building after it crashed down in a giant cloud of dust. The collapse was shown live on state television and one witness described it as "like a horror movie".
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