Earthquake of 5.9 magnitude strikes Iran-Turkey border
Tehran: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale shook the Northwest Iran-Turkey border on Saturday, with at least two people being killed and more than 100 being injured.
Mojtaba Khaledi, the emergency services spokesperson in Iran, told the state television, “There are 122 injured so far in the city of Khoy, and unfortunately two dead.”
The emergency officials said that rescue teams had been dispatched to the province and hospitals put on alert.
Snowfall in some parts of the province, with freezing temperature as well as power cuts has been reported, an official added.
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Yadgir: Six people burnt alive in private bus-car collision on Bidar-Bengaluru Highway in Surapura
Surapura: In a tragic road accident reported from the taluk, six people were burnt alive in a collision between a private bus and a car on the Bidar-Bengaluru Highway near the Shanthapura Cross close to the Thinthani Bridge on Friday morning.
A fire broke out due to the force of the collision, and both vehicles were gutted in the flames.
The bus is learned to have been traveling from Lingasugur to Kalaburagi, and the car was going towards Lingasugur. While none of the passengers in the bus was reportedly endangered in the accident, all six people traveling the car died in the accident and are learned to have burnt in the fire.
The local fire brigade has successfully doused the flames.
Inspector Umesh M and team of the Surapura Police Station is learned to have arrived at the accident spot and conducted an inspection.
The skulls of four people are said to have been found among the debris.
