What the records say
- When
- 19 May 2015
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 40.42° N, 49.84° E
- Description
- fire in Baku, Azerbaijan
- Deaths
- 15
- Injured
- 50
2015 Baku residence building fire
Fire in Baku, Azerbaijan
The 2015 Baku residence building fire occurred on 19 May 2015 in a 16-level residence building located at Azadlig Avenue 200/36 in Binagadi raion of Baku, Azerbaijan. The official death toll from the fire was 15, of whom five were children; at least 63 people were injured. Most of the dead were killed by toxic smoke as the building caught fire. It took firefighters three hours to extinguish the fire.
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