Iran water heater explosion downs building, 10 killed - PHOTO

Baku. 25 August. REPORT.AZ/ Iranian media are reporting that a water heater has exploded in Mashhad in the country's north, causing a building to collapse and killing 10 people. Report informs citing the RIA Novosti.

Five others were injured and hospitalized in the Saturday incident, according to the reports, which did not elaborate. It was one the most deadly such incidents in Iran.

Many Iranians use gas-consuming storage water heaters and similar cases in the past have been blamed on gas leakages from the heaters and a disregard for safety measures.

Saturday's report from the YJC.ir news website says the explosion happened early in Mashhad, some 900 kilometers, northeast of the capital Tehran.