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| Azerbaijan fire: Blaze kills 26 people at drug abuse treatment centre in Baku | Azerbaijan fire: Blaze kills 26 people at drug abuse treatment centre in Baku |
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| A fire has killed at least 26 people at a drug abuse treatment centre in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. | A fire has killed at least 26 people at a drug abuse treatment centre in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. |
| Four others were rescued from the blaze and taken to hospital, reported the country's APA news agency. | |
| Footage on Azeri news channel Sahar TV showed firefighters battling intense flames as they billowed out of a single-storey building with bars over the windows. | |
| The fire tore through a part of the clinic where inpatients sleep, reported the station. | |
| A health ministry source told Reuters that 26 people were confirmed to have died, although local media reported the death toll as 30. | |
| The fire broke out early on Friday morning at the Republican Narcological Dispensary in the city's Khatai district. | |
| Fire crews reportedly had the flames under control by 8.20am local time (4.20am GMT.) | |
| The cause of the blaze is under investigation. | |
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