Fire burns through timber and plastic store at disused Baku plant
Firefighters contained a blaze among stockpiled wood and plastic at a former meat-processing plant in Baku's Nizami district on Sunday; no injuries were reported.
A fire broke out at a disused meat-processing plant in Baku's Nizami district on Sunday, burning through stockpiled wood and plastic materials before firefighters brought it under control, Azerbaijan's emergency ministry said.
The blaze, on Davud Aslan Street at the former Keshla Meat Combine, burned about 500 square metres of an 1,800-square-metre storage area before crews stopped it spreading further, according to the ministry's statement carried by APA Azerbaijan and Media.az.
No injuries were reported, and the remaining stored materials were protected from the fire, the ministry said. Emergency services were dispatched to the site after a call to the 112 hotline, and the blaze was extinguished within a short time, according to the ministry. Local outlets Qafqazinfo and Oxu.az also confirmed the fire at the former meat-processing site, reporting it under the same official account.
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What we know
- 2+ outlets · APA Azerbaijan, Qafqazinfo +1 A fire broke out at a disused meat-processing plant in Baku's Nizami district, on Davud Aslan Street.
- Official · Azerbaijan emergency ministry The blaze burned through about 500 square metres of an 1,800-square-metre area used to store wood and plastic materials.
- Official · Azerbaijan emergency ministry No injuries were reported; firefighters stopped the fire from spreading further, Azerbaijan's emergency ministry said.
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Why it matters for Europe
The plant was already out of operation, and officials said the loss was limited to stored materials rather than active industrial infrastructure after fire crews stopped the blaze reaching the rest of the stockpile.
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Questions and answers
- Was anyone hurt in the Baku fire?
- No injuries were reported, Azerbaijan's emergency ministry said.
- What caused the fire?
- The cause has not been reported; the blaze broke out among stockpiled wood and plastic at a disused meat-processing plant.
- How much damage did it cause?
- About 500 square metres of an 1,800-square-metre storage area burned before firefighters contained it, the emergency ministry said.
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