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Azerbaijan: Drug abuse treatment center fire kills 30
Cause of blaze at state-run drug abuse treatment center in Baku so far unknown
02.03.2018 - Update : 05.03.2018
An ambulance is dispatched to the scene of accident after a fire killed at least 30 people in a drug abuse treatment center in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, on March 02, 2018. ( Resul Rehimov - Anadolu Agency )
BAKU, Azerbaijan
A fire at a state-run drug abuse treatment center in Azerbaijan’s capital has killed at least 30 people and injured many others, officials said on Friday.
The fire at the Republican Drug Abuse Treatment Center broke out in the early morning in Baku’s Hatayi district, said a Ministry of Emergency Situations statement.
The casualties resulted from smoke inhalation before firefighters were able to put out the blaze, it added.
The injured were admitted to nearby hospitals.
The cause of the fire is so far unknown.
Reporting by Ruslan Rehimov:Writing by Ahmet Sait Akcay
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