Azerbaijani minister cut Uzbekistan visit short, returned to Baku

  20 May 2015    Read: 2405
Azerbaijani minister cut Uzbekistan visit short, returned to Baku
Azerbaijani Minister of Emergency Situations Colonel General Kemaleddin Heydarov has cut his Uzbekistan visit short and returned to Baku due to the fire in a multi-story building in the city.
A fire broke out in a multi-story building in the Azadlig Avenue in Baku May 19.

The law enforcement agencies of Azerbaijan have detained a suspect in the Baku building fire outbreak investigation.

The suspect is the head of the Global Construction, Miryusif Mahmudov, who is accused of using low-quality cladding materials during the cladding of the building.

A criminal case has been initiated in the Investigation Department on Grave Crimes of the Prosecutor General`s Office of Azerbaijan upon the fire fact on the Articles 225.2 (violation of fire safety rules), 308.2 (abuse of power) and 314.2 (negligence) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.

The fire that occurred in a multi-story building in the Azadlig Avenue in Baku left 14 people dead and 50 more injured, according to the latest data.

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