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| Dozens dead in Kazakhstan blaze | Dozens dead in Kazakhstan blaze |
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| A fire at a hospital facility for drug addicts in the city of Taldykorgan in south-eastern Kazakhstan has killed 38 people, according to officials. | A fire at a hospital facility for drug addicts in the city of Taldykorgan in south-eastern Kazakhstan has killed 38 people, according to officials. |
| The country's emergency ministry said 40 staff and patients were rescued. The fire was large, it said, covering 650 sq m (7,000 sq ft). | The country's emergency ministry said 40 staff and patients were rescued. The fire was large, it said, covering 650 sq m (7,000 sq ft). |
| Prime Minister Karim Masimov has ordered an inquiry. | |
| Safety regulations are often violated in Kazakhstan, with frequent workplace accidents and fires as a result. | Safety regulations are often violated in Kazakhstan, with frequent workplace accidents and fires as a result. |
| There were almost 10,000 fires in Kazakhstan in the first eight months of 2009, AP news agency quoted the emergency ministry as saying. | There were almost 10,000 fires in Kazakhstan in the first eight months of 2009, AP news agency quoted the emergency ministry as saying. |
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| According to one report, firefighters were still tackling the blaze hours after it started. | According to one report, firefighters were still tackling the blaze hours after it started. |
| Because of the materials that had been used in construction the fire spread very quickly Vladimir Bozhko,emergency situations minister | |
| One woman, who gave her name to Associated Press as Fatima, said: "I heard them screaming for 20 minutes. They were screaming, 'Save us, save us'." | |
| At least 10 people are being treated in hospital, with two in critical condition. | |
| There are as yet no details on the cause of the fire, which broke out early on Sunday. | |
| However, Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Bozhko said that bars and locked doors may have prevented people from escaping. | |
| He said some work had been done to redress building violations found in May but an alarm system had not yet been installed. | |
| Mr Bozhko also said firefighters had received the emergency call too late to prevent the inferno. | |
| "Because of the materials that had been used in construction the fire spread very quickly," he said. | |
| Prime Minister Masimov immediately ordered a commission to be set up to investigate the cause of the fire, a government spokeswoman said, according to Russian news agency Ria-Novosti. | Prime Minister Masimov immediately ordered a commission to be set up to investigate the cause of the fire, a government spokeswoman said, according to Russian news agency Ria-Novosti. |
| "Today the head of the government signed such a decree; the commission will be led by Deputy Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov who, in the nearest future, will be flying from Astana to Taldykorgan," a spokeswoman was quoted as saying. | "Today the head of the government signed such a decree; the commission will be led by Deputy Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov who, in the nearest future, will be flying from Astana to Taldykorgan," a spokeswoman was quoted as saying. |