At Least 38 Killed In Tehran Mosque Fire

February 14, 2005 21:48 CET

14 February 2005 -- Police in Iran say at least 38 people were killed today by a fire in a mosque in central Tehran.

State television is reporting that about 200 others were injured by the fire at the Ark Mosque.

The student news agency ISNA said the fire may have been caused by a fault in an electric heater.

(Reuters/AFP/dpa)

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