Fire at flower shop in Astana causes woman's death

The blaze covered an area of 220 square meters and was extinguished two and a half hours later by North Kazakhstan region firefighting crew.

Another accident occurred in the capital of Kazakhstan - Astana early Tuesday morning. A flower shop caught fire at 3 a.m. Local firefighters were called to the scene to put it out.

Two women were rushed to a hospital from the scene. One of them passed away in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.