Ad hoc committee to investigate fire at Astana vegetable storage
10:55, 10 November 2009
ANA. November 10. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ An ad hoc state committee headed by Minister of Emergencies of Kazakhstan Vladimir Bozhko has been formed today to investigate the fire that emerged yesterday at the vegetable storrage in Astana.
Such decision was made at the Governmental session.
"This was a big tragedy. And I would like to offer my condolences to all the relatives and families of the victims", - Prime Minister Karim Massimov said.
In his turn Minister of Emergencies Vladimir Bozhko noted that according to the verified data 14 people died in the fire from which 4 people are citizens of the Russian Federation, 9 men and 5 women. The cause of their death was the poisoning with carbon monoxide and chemical elements of burning.