Ministry of Emergency Situation received information about the fire at about 12:10 p.m. The fire continued for more than three hours. The fire has been extinguished, Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Etibar Mirzeyev.
According to him, 25 fire-fighting vehicles and nearly 100 personnel have been involved in the scene: ‘The fire continued for a long time due to water shortage. There is a congestion in the city and this made difficulty in arriving in the scene. ’
‘The cause of the fire is being investigated. The fire broke out on the 18th floor. No one was injured. Some media outlets report that somebody has thrown himself or herself. These reports are groundless. No fire-extinguished was poisoned’.
14:22
Firefighters have put out the fire that broke out in a high-rise building in Baku, an APA correspondent reported from site.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
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14:03
Firefighters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations have managed to localize the fire that broke out in a high-rise building in Baku, an APA correspondent reported from scene.
Fire-fighting efforts are underway.
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13:35
Azerbaijan's Minister of Emergency Situations Colonel-General Kamaladdin Heydarov and Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Lieutenant-General Etibar Mirzayev arrived at the scene of the fire that broke out in a high-rise building in Baku on Saturday.
The scope of the fire has expanded, an APA correspondent reported from site.
Fire-fighting efforts are underway.
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12:47
A fire broke out in a high-rise building in Baku on Saturday, APA reports.
Four fire engines of the Ministry of Emergency Situations have arrived at the scene. Measures on extinguishing the fire are underway.
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