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Fire brakes out in new building of Azerbaijan Medical University â€“ UPDATED - PHOTOSESSION - VIDEO

Fire brakes out in new building of Azerbaijan Medical University â€“ <font color=red>UPDATED - PHOTOSESSION - VIDEO </font>

01 October 2012 10:04 (UTC +04:00)

APA correspondent from the site reported that the necessary measures are being taken for putting out the fire.

Deputy Minister of the Emergency Situations Etibar Mirzayev has visited the area.

According to information, the workers were inside when the fire broke out, but fortunately they could leave the building.

No one was injured.

The Chief of Staff of the MES State Fire Protection Service Akbar Novruzov told journalists that the service received preliminary information about the accident at 09.30. Fire-fighters were immediately involved in the site. Novruzov said that the fire blazed the upper floors of 13-storeyed newly constructed building in the area of the Childrenâ€™s Hospital #2 after A.Garayev by the Ministry of Health. More than 10 workers were evacuated from the site.

200 square meter area of the building burnt. No one was injured. The reason of the accident is being investigated.