Report: One killed, 74 injured during observance of Iranian annual fire festival
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news agency says the country’s annual fire festival has cost the life of one person and injured 74 others. Every year thousands of Iranians celebrate “Chahar-Shanbe Suri,” or Wednesday Fire Feast, by jumping over bonfires and detonating homemade bombs and firecrackers./ Iranians regard the feast as an exercise to purify their souls for their new year, Nowruz, which begins on March 21. The Tuesday report said 42 of the injured were hospitalized for treatment of serious burns. Also, several buildings ...
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