50 evacuated, 2 hospitalized as fire broke out in 9-storey residential building - Astana
08:52, 5 January 2012
ASTANA. January 5. KAZINFORM A fire occurred in a nine-storey residential building in Astana.
The fire broke out in an elevator cabin at the fourth floor; the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies reports.
As a result of the fire, there were evacuated 50 people, including 15 children. A 56-year-old male and a 63-year-old female were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning.