15 dead in Azerbajan blaze

  • Breaking
  • 19/05/2015

An inferno in an apartment block in Azerbaijan's capital Baku has killed at least 15 people and injured 64, health officials say.

Helicopters were scrambled as emergency crews eventually managed to halt the mammoth blaze after it tore through the 15-storey building in the city centre.

The health ministry said that at least two children were among those who died in the fire on Tuesday.

Azerbaijan's general prosecutor, Zakir Garalov, blamed the "low quality of plastic siding" on the building for the fire and said an investigation had been launched.

AFP

source: newshub archive