People injured in Baku market fire - UPDATE - PHOTOS

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan has issued a statement on the fire that took place in 8th Kilometer Market Trade Center in Baku. 4500 square-meter trade stalls and merchandises there burned as a result of fire in the trade center located at Nakhchvanski Street in Nizami district of Baku, ministry’s website said.

Baku residents Tofig Zulfugarov, Javid Balayev, Rasim Jalilov, Azizi Karimov, Aslan Guliyev, Javid Yagubov and Igor Gurguzov were hospitalized with injuries. The fact is being investigated.

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According to the Trend correspondent reporting from the scene, more than eight vehicles of the State Fire Service and about five ambulances arrived at the scene.

Firefighters managed to entirely extinguish the fire. According to preliminary information, no one was hurt during the fire. As a result of the accident, goods that were present at the fair sustained heavy damage. According to the Emergency Ministry staff who are at the scene, the fire covered an area of approximately two thousand square meters.


/Trend, APA/


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