Azerbaijan, Baku / Тrend / According to preliminary version, the reason for the collapse of the building being constructed at the cross of Nakhchivani and Mukhtarov streets in Baku, which occurred at 5.00 p.m. on 28 August, is violation of security norms while construction, the head of Civil Defence of Azerbaijan Emergency Situation Ministry, Kamil Baghyrov, said. According to him, workers were at the construction side when the incident happened, two of them have been rescued. One worker is a very bad condition, another one was delivered to hospital, he hot light injuries. It is supposed that a part of the workers beforehand left the building. Salvage operations are in progress. At present exact whereabouts of the trapped workers are being investigated. The incident area will be cleaned out within 24 hours.
The construction was carried by Mutafakkir company, which was beforehand warned of technical defects in construction, according to Baghyrov. The employees of the Emergency Situation Ministry are clearing up whether the defects were removed.
Revision of nearby buildings is being held. If any threat is revealed the lodgers will be immediately evacuated, he said.