A fire at a drug treatment hospital near Almaty, Kazakhstan killed at least 38 people on Saturday, authorities have said. Ten more people have been hospitalized , two of them in critical condition. The blaze started at approximately 05.30 local time (23.30 UTC) in Taldykorgan. The fire spread quickly, consuming almost 650 square meters of land. "According to tentative data, 38 people were killed, of which 36 were patients and two were medical personnel," the National Emergency Situation Ministry stated. The ministry says that emergency crews managed to rescue up to forty people and medical personnel from the burning building.
A fire at a drug treatment hospital near Almaty, Kazakhstan , killed it least 38 people on Saturday, authorities have said. Ten more people have been hospitalised , two of them in critical condition. The blaze started at approximately 05.30 local time (23.30 UTC) in Taldykorgan. The fire spread quickly, consuming almost 650 square metres of land. "According to tentative data, 38 people were killed, of which 36 were patients and two were medical personnel," the national emergency situation ministry stated. The ministry says that emergency crews managed to rescue up to forty people and medical personnel from the burning building.
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