4 suffered, 86, including 22 kids evacuated because of house fire in Astana
09:23, 1 November 2012
ASTANA. November 1. KAZINFORM Electrical conductors caught fire in a 9-storey house on Kenesary Street in Astana, the press service of the Kazakh Ministry of Emergencies reported.
The fire covered an area of 10 square meters. 61 people, including 15 children were rescued; another 25, inclduing 7 kids were evacuated. A pensioner born in 1933, two women born in 1938 and 1954 and a 18-year-old girl got carbon monoxide poisoning and were admitted to hospital.
33 firemen and 10 units of the fire service equipment worked at the scene.