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Plane with some 100 passengers catches fire in Tehran airport — agency

No casualties have been reported

MOSCOW, March 19. /TASS/. A plane with about 100 passengers on board caught fire in Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport on Tuesday, the country’s Fars news agency said in a Twitter post.

According to the agency, half of the passengers have been evacuated.

Iran’s Press TV reported that the mishap occurred when passengers were boarding the plane. No casualties have been reported.

Details and circumstances of the incident are being established.