TE24 International Desk:
Eight people, including four children, have died after a fire broke out at an underground restaurant hosting a birthday party outside Tehran, state media reported on Wednesday.
The fire broke out in the town of Andiseh, west of the capital, on Tuesday night, authorities told the IRNA news agency.
“Seven individuals kicked the bucket at the scene and a three-year-old youngster passed on in medical clinic,” Tehran territory Red Crescent authority Shahin Fathi told the news office.
District investigator Hamid Asgari said the blast immediately spread all through the eatery.
“Every one of the installations and fittings… were combustible,” Asgari told IRNA.