Incident

Incident

Horrible fire in Azerbaijan, 4 people died â€“ UPDATED

Horrible fire in Azerbaijan, 4 people died â€“ <font color=red>UPDATED </font>

28 March 2012 09:36 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports quoting the Interior Ministryâ€™s website that the incident has been recorded at 04.15 today in the house owned by Abdulkarim Murtuzayev in Sabirabad regionâ€™s Garagashli village. The house was fully burnt. The burnt bodies of house-ownerâ€™s son â€“ Valeh and 3 minor grandchildren were found after fire extinguishing. Murtuzayev and his daughter-in-law were injured.

Chief of Emergency Ministryâ€™s State Fire Protection Service in Sabirabad region Alirza Hamzayev told APAâ€™s Mil-Mughan bureau that the fire occurred in the 160-sq.m private house owned by Murtuzayev Abdulkarim Karim, born in 1929, situated in Garagashli village of Sabirabad region. Murtuzayev Valeh Abdulkarim, born in 1967, Murtuzayeva Gultan Valeh, born in 2000, Murtuzayev Rahim Valeh, born in 2007, and Murtuzayev Nasib Valeh, born in 2010, died in the fire. It is assumed that at first they were stifled by smoke and then burnt. House-owner and his daughter-in-law Murtuzayeva Emiliya Salman, born in 1974, were rescued by neighbors. They got burning wounds. The fire was caused by a wood-burning stove. The investigation is carried out into the fact.