Azerbaijan publicizes statistics of fire cases recorded in past five years

Azerbaijan publicizes statistics of fire cases recorded in past five years
# 20 December 2016 12:14 (UTC +04:00)

A total of 721,194 cases of fire have been recorded in Azerbaijan over the past five years, Major General Yusif Nabiyev, a chief expert on fire safety in the Ministry of Emergency Situations said on Tuesday.

He made the remarks addressing a scientific-practical workshop dedicated to the 11th anniversary of the ministry’s establishment.

According to him, of these cases, 151 were extinguished in high complexity operations.

“611 adults and 113 children were saved, and 4,779 were evacuated,” the chief expert added.

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