One person arrested due to fire in Drug Addiction Treatment Center

Baku. 6 March. REPORT.AZ/ One person was detained in connection with fire in the Republican Drug Addiction Treatment Center in Baku.

Report informs, says a joint statement issued by the Prosecutor General's Office and Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Notably, a fire broke out in the one-storey building of the Republican Drug Addiction Treatment Center located in Khatai district of Baku city, on March 2.

As a result of operative measures, 30 out of 55 people were rescued, 3 of them were placed at the Republican Toxicology Center of the Ministry of Health.

The fire was extinguished at 08.30 am and 25 people were found dead at the scene.

The Prosecutor General's Office has initiated a criminal case on the fact with the relevant articles of the Criminal Code.