Tehran [Iran], February 17 (ANI/Xinhua): At least nine people were killed in a building collapse in the southwestern district of Iran's capital Tehran, according to local media.

Nine others were injured when the three-story building collapsed in Robat Karim town, Shahin Fathi, the managing director of the Red Crescent Society of Tehran Province, told Iran's Labor News Agency on Thursday.

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A gas leak and water heater explosion caused the accident, according to the Iranian semi-official Fars news agency. (ANI/Xinhua)

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