TEHRAN -- A fire broke out at a rehabilitation center in Langrud in northern Iran on Friday, leaving 26 people dead and 14 others injured.
Muhammad Jalaei, the political, security, and social deputy of the Gilan governor, told IRNA that the fire broke out in the clinic at 5:45 a.m. He explained that 40 people were in the rehab clinic for drug addiction when the incident occurred. The cause of the incident is still unknown, he said.