A lawsuit has been filed in connection with the fire in the 16-storey residential building at Azadlig Avenue, the Serious Crimes Investigation Department of the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan. An operational investigative group of employees of the Prosecutor General, the Interior Ministry and the Emergencies Ministry has been created, says the official report of these three departments.
The investigation is carried out under the Articles: 225.2 (violation of fire safety rules, resulting in death), 308.2 (abuse of power), 314.2 (negligence resulting in grave consequences). The investigation is under the control of the President of Azerbaijan, it said in a statement.
According to the same source, 15 people were killed and 26 were hospitalized with poisoning products of burning and injuries of varying degrees; 27 residents were evacuated, 37 people rescued.
Rescue works and a survey of apartments continues. -06D-
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Variable cloudiness is expected in Baku and Apsheron peninsula on Sunday, 28 July.
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As part of the struggle against illegal migration in Baku city, operative actions were carried out at different addresses. The Interior Ministry reports that employees of the Department for Combating Illegal Migration identified and detained 34 foreigners without documents giving the right to reside and stay on the territory of Azerbaijan.
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On July 25, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense accused Armenia of "provoking" by deploying heavy weapons in Kalbajar and quadcopters in the Tovuz direction. The ministry also expressed dissatisfaction and concern over Armenia's military cooperation with Western countries.
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During the operation of the Main Drug Control Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 5 members of an organized group engaged in drug trafficking were detained. All of them have previous convictions: Bahlul Ismayilov, Royal Aliyev, Khayal Aliyev, Samir Aghayev, and Ali Mammadli.
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