Fire in storehouse

Astana, November 10, 2009 (Khabar) - On Monday, 16 people were killed and 1 injured in Astana in a fire at a storehouse near the station 40th. According to the spokesman of the Ministry of Emergency Eldor Raimbekov, the fire was localized by the evening. The city’s emergency services received an information on the ignition of stock at 4.47 p.m. The fire seized 8 thousand square meters of storehouse. 120 firemen using 24 units of technics extinguished the fire. The reason of fire will be clarified after the complete elimination. Storehouse belongs to “Tranzitservis” LLP. The fire is assigned a third category of complexity.