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People Still Remain under Collapsed Building: Department Chief of Azerbaijan’s Emergency Situations Ministry

Other News Materials 29 August 2007 15:20 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend I.Alizade / There are still people who are alive trapped under the building which collapsed on 28 August in Baku in Mammad Nakchivani Street and contact has been established with them, said the Chief of the Civil Defense Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan, Kamil Bagirov.

He stressed that the rescue work will continue until the final man is removed.

The building collapsed due to gross violations of safety regulations during construction. The dead bodies of eight people have been removed from the collapsed building. The company's head, Asker Aliyev, was arrested for contravening article 222 (breaking safety regulations during construction and other works) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.

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