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Two helicopters, more than 20 fire fighting vehicles and 150 fire fighters involved in extinguishing of fire in IDP building in Baku

13 June 2012 11:48 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ramil Mammadli â€“ APA. The strong fire occurred in IDP building in Bakuâ€™s Binagadi district was completely extinguished, Deputy Emergency Minister Etibar Mirzayev told journalists, APAâ€™s correspondent reports from the site.

Deputy Minister said that the ministry received information on fire and sent immediately the fire-fighters to the site, started measures and evacuated people from the building. Mirzayev said that the necessary medical aid was rendered to the sufferers.

According to him, the equipment couldnâ€™t approach the fire are because of many small constructions in the site. Thatâ€™s why a problem occurred in fire extinguishing. At the same time the existence of gas balloons in the building created a risk: â€œBut we could extinguish fire in the buildingâ€.

Deputy Minister said the reasons of the fire were being investigated.

He announced that the fire covered about 1000 sq m area.

More than 150 fire fighters and 20 fire fighting vehicles were involved in the site. Two helicopters were in the air for security, but we didnâ€™t use them.