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Blast occurs in the residential building in Baku, casualties reported - UPDATED

11 February 2009 [14:55] - TODAY.AZ
A strong blast took place in Baku.
14:55

A gas leakage from the underground well caused a blast and fire in the private house in Balakhani settlement of Sabunchu District of Baku on Wednesday at about 10.00 a.m., Chief of the Sabunchu District Gas Exploitation Office Bahram Garayev told APA. Garayev said investigators of the gas office and the Ministry of Emergency Situations made preliminary conclusion. There was no natural gas line in the house, Garayev said. According to him analogical incident took place on the road in Balakhani recently.

Owner of the house, blasted on Wednesday morning in Balakhani, Fuad Guliyev, 25, his wife Gulmira Guliyeva, 25, their one-year old son Fuzuli Guliyev, and Fuad’s mother-in-law Shovkat Ismayilova got burn and were taken to the 5th Clinic Hospital. One room of the house was seriously damage as a result of explosion.

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14:25

Persons injured during the blast and fire in the private house in Balakhani settlement of Sabunchu District of Baku on Wednesday at about 10.00 a.m., are in hard condition, sources at the 5th Clinic Hospital told APA. The injured persons are in depressed case. They are under intensive care in burns unit of the hospital.

Owner of the house, blasted on Wednesday morning in Balakhani, Fuad Guliyev, 25, his wife Gulmira Guliyeva, 25, their one-year old son Fuzuli Guliyev, and Fuad’s mother-in-law Shovkat Ismayilova got burn and were taken to the hospital.

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12:15

According to APA, the blast occurred in the residential building at Dirchelish Street 17 in Balakhani settlement of Sabunchu District of Baku.Four people were injured during the blast, caused by a gas leakage.

Police, firefighters and rescuers arrived in the site.

/APA/

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