The death toll from a fire at a drug rehabilitation centre in northern Iran rose to 32, local media reported on Friday, up from an earlier count of 27. “Thirty-two people have been killed in the fire” which erupted at a drug rehabilitation centre in Langarud, a city in the northern Gilan province, said ISNA news agency quoting the province’s deputy governor Mohammad Jalai.

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