Baku / 22.11.17 / Turan: For 9 months of 2017, there were 59 explosions in Azerbaijan, which were 17 cases or 40% more than in the same period last year.
As a result of the explosions, 13 people were killed and 71 were injured, the Azerbaijani Emergencies Ministry reported.
This year there were 1,433 trips of fire brigades to fires, which killed 39 people and injured 165.
Compared to the same period of the previous year, the death toll increased by 10 or 34%, and the number of the injured increased by 45 people or 38%.
During the first 9 months of 2017, 11,611 natural and manmade accidents were registered in the country, which were 992 cases or 9% more than in the same period last year. These accidents killed 56 people and injured 257. -06D--
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