The Plasco Building (Persian: ساختمان پلاسکو ‎, romanized: Sâxtmâň-e Plaskô) was a 17-story high-rise landmark building in Tehran, the capital city of Iran.At the time of its construction in the 1960s it was the tallest building in Iran and was considered an iconic part of the Tehran skyline.

Tehran Building Collapse: Investigators Must Consider Explosives. 6 firefighters recovered from Plasco rubble on Wednesday. On January 19, 2017 an accidental fire, which started by an electric shorting, resulted in the complete collapse of the 16-storey Plasco Building in Tehran. This paper reports the study carried out to investigate the most likely causes of the events and collapse of the structure. This 17-story building was built in the years 1960 to 1962 by Israeli engineers and its structure architect was a German engineer. Maybe when more information comes in, but not now. The event claimed the life of 22 people and injured 235. ... Mr Rouhani ordered an investigation and compensation for those affected, state TV reported. Preliminary Modelling of Plasco Tower Collapse Dec 2018 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 7 Number 4 To submit more information or donate images for this project, please use our submission portal . This is a compilation of several videos showing molten metal being found at the scene of the Plasco Building collapse, which occurred on January 19, 2017.

The physical collapse of the building also reflected many aspects of the collapses both of the World Trade Center towers, and of Building 7. On January 19, 2017 an accidental fire, which started by an electric shorting, resulted in the complete collapse of the 16-storey Plasco Building in Tehran. The building collapsed on 19 January 2017 during a high-rise fire.

Iran Front Page- Newspapers today continued covering the deadly collapse of Plasco Building in central Tehran and the ongoing operation to recover… Continue January 25, 2017.

As documented, the fire initiated on the tenth floor, and then involved stories 11–14 through a vertically traveling fire. A tall building collapsed due to fire, killing a large number of firefighters who were heroically trying to rescue people. Twenty-two people including sixteen firefighters were killed in that incident. Headlines. NEW YORK – At approximately 11:30 AM local time yesterday in Tehran, an iconic 17-story high-rise known as the Plasco Building tragically collapsed after being on fire for some 3 ½ hours. 10/12. The investigation identified “short circuiting and gas condensation from a heating propane tank” as the cause.

Feb 20, 2017 - Plasco Building Collapse: Our Preliminary Assessment Feb 02, 2017 - Southern US Architects Earn Continuing Ed Credits with AE911Truth Jan 26, 2017 - Engineer and Architect Discuss the Tehran Building Collapse Jan 20, 2017 - Tehran Building Collapse… The fire-induced collapse of the 16-story Plasco building in Tehran city in January 2017 caused many deaths and serious injuries.

The iconic Plasco building collapsed after a fire in Tehran, Iran.

3.1 Plasco Building history This building is the second high-rise building and with elevator in Iran and it is the first high-rise building with a steel structure. This paper reports the study carried out to investigate the most likely causes of the events and collapse of the structure. On January 20, 2017 the Plasco building caught fire and collapsed after burning for four hours. AE911Truth released the following statement on January 20, 2017: TEHRAN BUILDING COLLAPSE: Investigators Must Consider Explosives At approximately 11:30 AM local time yesterday in Tehran, an iconic 17-story high-rise […] Shahrvand daily quoted Tehran Chamber of Commerce saying that the destruction of the large clothing wholesalers due to the collapse of the Plasco Building left close to 50 thousand people jobless but only 524 of them have managed to collect unemployment insurance. Iranian firefighters work to extinguish fire of the Plasco building in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. EPA.

While I'm sure intentions were good, I do not see any reason at present for a stand alone article titled Plasco Building Collapse--MONGO 16:46, 19 January 2017 (UTC) Support - The article about the building covers basically everything we know about this. This paper investigates the structural response of the building during that fire to understand how the building became unstable. Twenty-two people including sixteen firefighters were killed in that incident.

4/22/2018 Manoto TV: Iranian PLASCO Building Collapse Investigation Ted Walter – January 30, 2018 The focus of Weinberg’s article was the response of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth) — the organization I work for — to the … On a smaller scale the Plasco building collapse in Iran reflects the tragedy of 9/11. The investigation identified “short circuiting and gas condensation from a heating propane tank” as the cause.