The Red Crescent Relief and Rescue Organization has rescued more than 14,000 people affected by winter blizzards across Iran since last week.
This was detailed by the organization itself in a statement, in which it detailed that 14,695 people have been assisted in by relief and rescue operators in 24 provinces, 132 cities and 263 districts, also including 23 towns, 100 villages and 20 residential areas.
According to the vice president of the Red Crescent Relief and Rescue Organization, Morteza Moradipur, 452 operational teams, including 1,599 rescuers, played some kind of role in the operation.
He has also detailed that 2,433 victims of the blizzard have received emergency shelters, while 31 people have been moved to safe places and 31 others have been hospitalized.
Meanwhile, rescue personnel have helped pull 783 cars out of the snow and drained water from 59 homes, the organization’s vice president said.
The Relief and Rescue Organization has distributed 32 tents and hundreds of food packages and other rescue items to people stranded on the snowy roads, Moradipur has said , adding that the rescue operation is underway in the provinces of Khorasan Razavi and Fars.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
