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Death toll from residential building fire in Baku reaches 16- UPDATED-3

Death toll from residential building fire in Baku reaches 16- <span style="color: red;">UPDATED-3

19 May 2015 12:51 (UTC +04:00)

A total of 50 people have been injured in the fire. 34 of the injured were hospitalized, 10 received medical aid on the spot.

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15:19

Baku. Kamilgizi – APA. The death toll from the fire in the residential building in Baku has reached 15.

Health Ministry spokesperson Liya Bayramova told APA a total of 63 people have been injured in the fire.

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14:41

10 people were killed, 43 injured in the massive fire in the residential building, the health ministry told APA.

24 of the injured were hospitalized, 9 received medical aid on the spot.

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14:11

Baku. Konul Kamilgizi – APA. Seven died in a massive fire in a multi-storey residential building in Azadlig avenue of Baku’s Binagadi district, Health Ministry spokesperson Liya Bayramova told APA.

The fire victims are being identified. One of them threw himself off the building.

She added that more than 20 people were injured. 17 of them were taken to Toxicology Department of Clinic Medical Center, one to Burn Center, 2 to City Hospital No.6 and 3 to the Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics. 6-7 people received medical aid on the spot.