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Rescue teams pull 2 bodies from Iran building rubble

Associated Press
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    An Iranian firefighter removes debris of the Plasco building which was engulfed by a fire and collapsed on Thursday, in central Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. Scores of workers and dozens of trucks were searching the ruins Saturday, two days after a historic high-rise building in the heart of Tehran caught fire and later collapsed. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) (The Associated Press)

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    Iranian firefighters remove debris of the Plasco building which was engulfed by a fire and collapsed on Thursday, in central Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. Scores of workers and dozens of trucks were searching the ruins Saturday, two days after a historic high-rise building in the heart of Tehran caught fire and later collapsed. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) (The Associated Press)

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    An Iranian aid worker stands at the Plasco building which was engulfed by a fire and collapsed on Thursday, in central Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. Scores of workers and dozens of trucks were searching the ruins Saturday, two days after a historic high-rise building in the heart of Tehran caught fire and later collapsed. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) (The Associated Press)

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's state TV is reporting that rescuers have found the bodies of two firefighters in the rubble of a commercial building that collapsed in Tehran after a blaze, leaving dozens dead.

Footage on Saturday showed rescuers carrying the body of one of the victims. The two are the first to be found in the large pile of debris.

Iranian officials have yet to offer definitive casualty figures for the Thursday disaster.

State-run Press TV reported Thursday that 30 firefighters had been killed, without elaborating. Later, authorities said more than 20 firefighters had been killed.

On Friday, authorities said an injured firefighter died at a local hospital.

Authorities described the building, built more than five decades ago, as having a weak structure.