Baku / 20.11.18 / Turan: According to the information at 11:30, the bodies of two more dead were removed from under the rubble of the exploded residential building in Ganja. They are Nigyar Tagiyeva born in 1971 and Huseyn Heydarov born in 1994.
Thus, the death toll in the explosion in the 4-storey residential building reached 3 people, and another injured was hospitalized.
Emergencies Minister Kamaleddin Heydarov, who manages the rescue missions, has arrived at the site of the explosion. -02D-
Explosion of Residential Building in Ganja, Casualties
Baku / 20.11.18 / Turan: An explosion occurred early in a residential building in Ganja early in the morning on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Emergency (MOE), the explosion was caused by a gas leak. As a result, a whole block of a four-storey building consisting of three blocks collapsed, the local TV channel Kapaz TV reports.
Rescuers of the MOE work among the debris, from under which they take the victims According to the same source, a body has been found. This is Juma Jumazadeh born in 1994. Also, 21-year-old Orkhan Mammadli was saved from under the rubble.
The MOE sent additional brigades of rescuers and cynologists from Baku to search for and rescue residents of the collapsed building from under the rubble, the MOE said. -02D-
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The National Hydrometeorology Service of Azerbaijan has forecast a mostly dry and cold day across the country on February 11, with occasional cloud cover in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula.
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Afiyaddin Mamedov, chairman of the trade union NGO “Workers’ Table Confederation,” has launched an indefinite hunger strike in prison to protest what he describes as worsening social conditions and the arrests of citizens in Azerbaijan, his family said on Friday.
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A fire erupted in a multi-story residential building in Khirdalan, Absheron district, prompting an immediate response from Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (FHN), authorities said on Saturday.
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