37 kurdish students burn in school fire accident in Iran
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:02 am37 students injured in school fire accident
A fire accident in an elementary school in Eastern Kurdistan in Iran's "Western Azerbaijan Province" injured 37 students on Wednesday December 5.
ISNA reports that 8 of the burn victims have suffered burns to over 40 to 50 percent of their body and are in critical condition.
Local officials reports that the fire was caused when a kerosene heater was being removed from the class due to malfunction.
The local Member of Parliament Rasoul Khezri has called for the resignation of the minister of education and criticized lack of government accountability in such accidents.
I have some photos of the students it is too distubring I can not share them,
the school used a very old heating system [burning oil directly in the class] Kurdish schools in Iranian Kurdistan is not well taken care of, the city of Piranshar did not even have any hopsital they sent the students to an Iranian turkish City [iranian government likes Iranian turks more than kurds since Turks are shia ] and kurdish cities usualy have no hopsital.
A fire accident in an elementary school in Eastern Kurdistan in Iran's "Western Azerbaijan Province" injured 37 students on Wednesday December 5.
ISNA reports that 8 of the burn victims have suffered burns to over 40 to 50 percent of their body and are in critical condition.
Local officials reports that the fire was caused when a kerosene heater was being removed from the class due to malfunction.
The local Member of Parliament Rasoul Khezri has called for the resignation of the minister of education and criticized lack of government accountability in such accidents.
I have some photos of the students it is too distubring I can not share them,
the school used a very old heating system [burning oil directly in the class] Kurdish schools in Iranian Kurdistan is not well taken care of, the city of Piranshar did not even have any hopsital they sent the students to an Iranian turkish City [iranian government likes Iranian turks more than kurds since Turks are shia ] and kurdish cities usualy have no hopsital.