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On 18th<\/sup> December 2018, a girls\u2019 school in Zahedan province in Iran caught fire and four children lost their lives.<\/p>\n The over-crowded small classroom did not have any safety standards and an oil heater was used for heating. The fire started after the handle of a pupil’s schoolbag got caught in the heater which then fell over. The room had thin wooden walls and went up in flames very quickly; four children couldn\u2019t be saved.<\/p>\n Mona Khosrowparast, Saba Arabi, Yekta Mirshekar lost their lives at the scene and Maryam Nowkandi later in hospital. The authorities haven’t published the names of the injured.<\/p>\n There have been several fires at schools in Iran and many victims, but the authorities have not dealt with the issue of safety standards in schools.<\/p>\n Teachers in Iran have highlighted the enormous and widespread lack of safety standards in schools for years and one of their demands has been the implementation of safety measures.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n #WPIranNews #FightForLife<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"