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Minister of ES: "Fire not allowed to pass to neighboring buildings, otherwise would be very difficult to prevent the incident"

26 March 2019 12:06 (UTC +04:00)

"The outer side of the shopping center was covered with burning substances - alkopon," Minister of Emergency Situations, colonel-general Kamaladdin Heydarov said, ONA reports.

Kamaladdin Heydarov added that the firefighters were involved in extinguishing the fire, have special clothing, and from the outside, the firefighting vehicles were involved in the fire extinguishing process.

"This is a serious fire. From the first minutes, the fire was prevented to pass through the neighboring buildings. If it was not done, it would be very difficult to prevent the fire. Fire is already localized."