68 people evacuated due fires in Kazakhstan's regions
09:00, 17 May 2013
ASTANA. May 17. KAZINFORM A high-rise apartment building burst into flames in Almaty. The fire covered an area of eight square meters. A body of a 53-year-old man was found at the place of the accident. 15 people were evacuated. 16 firemen and five units of the fire service equipment worked at the scene.
The day earlier, a 31-year-old man and woman born in 1983 suffered burns due to a fire in a flat of multi-storeyed house in Kostanay town. Other 53 people were evacuated. Nine firemen and three units of the fire service equipment of the Kostanay region's emergency department were involved in fighting the fire.
Source: Kazakhstan's Ministry of Emergencies