2015 Baku residence building fire

Fire in Baku, Azerbaijan March 2024 2015 Baku Residence Building Fire May 19, 2015 around 10:00 Baku Time (06:00 GMT) Binagadi raion, Baku, Azerbaijan 40 25 30.1 N 49 50 20.9 E inline, title flammable facade material 63 15 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.https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-baku-fire-apartment-deaths/27024769.html Baku Apartment Fire Kills 15 RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty 16 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170503044957/http://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-baku-fire-apartment-deaths/27024769.html 3 May 2017 live dmy-allhttp://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/82248.html Fire kills 16 in Baku (UPDATE) 19 May 2015 16 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923181647/http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/82248.html 23 September 2015 live dmy-all The official death toll from the fire was 15, of whom five were children; at least 63 people were injured.http://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/2396790.html Death toll in Baku multi-storey building fire outbreak rises 20 May 2015 16 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20180308041431/https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/2396790.html 8 March 2018 dead dmy-all Most of the dead were killed by toxic smoke as the building caught fire.http://mir24.tv/news/incidentes/12613568 Большинство жертв пожара в многоэтажке в Баку задохнулись от дыма - МИР24 mir24.tv 16 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20160806011816/http://mir24.tv/news/incidentes/12613568 2016-08-06 dead It took firefighters three hours to extinguish the fire. Overview The disaster led to severe outrage among the population and provoked discussions around the material used in the renovation of the facade of more than 200 apartment blocks in Baku built in the Soviet period. Flammable Styrofoam facing had been installed on the exterior of old buildings as part of Baku's "beautification" scheme.https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-public-anger-over-deadly-fire/27027429.html Deadly Blaze Reveals Ugly Truth Behind Baku Beautification 2019-04-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20180622032433/https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-public-anger-over-deadly-fire/27027429.html 2018-06-22 live Consequently, the city officials started the process of removing the facade of the buildings where the material causing the fire was used. In some extreme cases, residents used hammers and their hands to remove the material from their buildings. A similar fire had erupted in Baku about a month earlier, on 10 April 2015, but there were no injuries. The reason for both of the fires is indicated as low-quality flammable facade material used in the renovation.http://www.anspress.com/index.php?a=2&cid=9&lng=az&nid=337166 Bakıda güclü yanğın, bina yanır (VİDEO) www.anspress.com 16 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923172350/http://www.anspress.com/index.php?a=2&cid=9&lng=az&nid=337166 2015-09-23 dead See also 2018 Baku fire Grenfell Tower fire References Category:2015 fires in Asia Category:2015 in Azerbaijan Category:Fires in Azerbaijan Category:2010s in Baku Category:May 2015 in Asia Category:2015 disasters in Azerbaijan Baku Category:High-rise fires