16 killed in Kazakhstan warehouse fire (Lead)
November 10th, 2009 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Astana/Moscow, Nov 9 (DPA) At least 16 people were killed Monday in a fire in a warehouse for synthetic building materials in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, the Interfax news agency reported.
The fire rapidly spread throughout the 8,000-sq-metre warehouse in a suburb of the Kazakh capital Astana, civil defence official Shumabai Yeskendirov told the agency. Smoke inhalation was responsible for most of the deaths, he said.
Some reports put the toll at 20, but the exact number of victims was unclear, as was the cause of the fire.
Deadly fires with large numbers of victims occur regularly in the former Soviet Union due to poor fire safety regulations.
- Kazakhstan approves early presidential election - Feb 03, 2011
- Kazakhstan to celebrate its president's birthday, Astana's founding in July - Jun 23, 2010
- Three years on - Borat still censored in Kazakhstan - Oct 18, 2009
- UAE, Kazakhstan to increase cooperation in civil aviation, agriculture - Jun 07, 2011
- Industrial-innovation Kazakhstan's new economic focus - Jan 28, 2012
- Kazakhstan holds presidential polls - Apr 03, 2011
- Three Russian journalists detained in Kazakhstan - Dec 19, 2011
- Blair met Mittal over Kazakhstan deal: Report - Oct 30, 2011
- Suicide bomber targets Kazakh state security building - May 17, 2011
- Monkeys in Kazakh zoo get wine to keep warm - Feb 04, 2012
- 12 killed, house set afire in Russia - Nov 06, 2010
- OSCE condemns Moscow metro attacks - Mar 29, 2010
- Kazakhstan to hold early presidential elections - Jan 31, 2011
- Kazakh restive town normal, UN experts invited - Dec 23, 2011
- Kazakhstan not to ban Russian rockets from Baikonur - Aug 28, 2011
Tags: asian republic, building materials, civil defence, deadly fires, deaths, dpa, exact number, fire safety regulations, former soviet union, interfax news agency, kazakh, large numbers, moscow, smoke inhalation, sq metre, suburb, warehouse fire
