URGENT: 300 people evacuated due to house fire in Zhambyl region
09:19, 22 February 2013
ASTANA. February 22. KAZINFORM 300 people were evacuated and 22 rescued as flat of a five-storey house went up in flames in Taraz. The fire covered the area of 30 square meters.
Two people had thermal burns; a 72-year old man and four kids including an infant had carbon monoxide poisoning. All of them were taken to hospital.
18 firemen and five units of the fire service equipment of Zhambyl region's emergency department worked at the scene.
Source: The Kazakh Minisrty of Emergencies