Tehran:  A minimum of 26 other folks had been killed and four,368 others injured in Iran between February 20 and March 14 in incidents associated with the celebrations of Chaharshanbe Suri, or the Hearth Competition held two days again, reputable information company IRNA reported.

A few of the injured, 229 other folks had been amputated for severe accidents and 1,428 others sustained eye accidents, Jafar Miadfar, head of Iran’s Nationwide Clinical Emergency Group, used to be quoted as pronouncing on Wednesday.

The selection of casualties this 12 months has registered a year-on-year build up of twenty-two in step with cent, in keeping with Miadfar.

The provinces with essentially the most casualties had been Tehran, East Azarbaijan, Hamedan, West Azarbaijan, Qazvin, and Fars, mentioned Miadfar.

Males make up 79 in step with cent of the ones injured, whilst 44 in step with cent of the ones injured elderly between six to 18 years, he added.

The Hearth Competition is well known via Iranians at the eve of the final Wednesday earlier than Nowruz, the Iranian new 12 months that starts on March 21 this 12 months. Celebrations continuously get started days earlier than the pageant, Xinhua information company reported.

Iranians have a good time the Hearth Competition via leaping over bonfires and lights firecrackers in public puts to bid farewell to the previous 12 months and welcome the brand new one.