A fire at a multi-storey residential building on Aliyar Aliyev Street in Narimanov district, Baku, has been extinguished, and residents were evacuated.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations provided the information to “Operative Information Center-OMM”.
Forces from the ministry’s State Fire Protection Service and Special Risk Rescue Service were dispatched to the scene.
Firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze involving electrical wiring in the shaft of the 16-storey building before it could spread.
Residents were evacuated as a safety measure.
The fire damaged electrical wiring in the building’s shaft and an electrical panel in the basement.
