Iran hails teen who died after saving neighbours

Iran paid tribute yesterday to a teenager who died of severe burns after having rescued two women neighbours trapped in a fire in their apartment building.

Fifteen-year-old Ali Landi died of his injuries on Friday, two weeks after he helped the women escape their burning home and tried to throw a gas cylinder out of the window to stop the fire spreading, Iranian media said.

The boy died of “90 per cent burns”, said Emam Kazem hospital in Isfahan, central Iran, where he was transferred from his hometown of Izeh. The two neighbours, a woman in her eighties and her daughter, suffered superficial burns.