2009 Taldykorgan fire

Building fire in Kazakhstan thumb|right|300px|Location of Almaty Region in Kazakhstan dms titleThe 2009 Taldykorgan fire occurred on 13 September 2009, when at least 38 people were killed in a fire at a drug abuse clinic in Taldykorgan, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan.http://www.kazakhstannews.net/story/542546 Drug clinic fire leads to deaths 13 September 2009 Kazakhstan News 2009-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20111008221018/http://www.kazakhstannews.net/story/542546 2011-10-08 deadhttps://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hrJljl18Zvn6do8KN-NfJpBHUNXQ Huge fire kills 37 at Kazakhstan drug rehab centre 13 September 2009 AFP 2009-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20090930005203/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hrJljl18Zvn6do8KN-NfJpBHUNXQ 30 September 2009 dead At least 10 others were re-hospitalised after the fire. Two of the dead were staff, the other 36 were patients. The building dates from 1951. The cause of the blaze is unknown. Fire Fire at Kazakhstan hospital kills at least 38The fire started at 5:30 am. The fire quickly spread through the single story Soviet-era building. Locked doors and barred windows blocked many escape routes, and screams were heard coming from the building for over 20 minutes. Forty people were evacuated from the building by rescuers.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0913/kazakhstan.html 38 die in Kazakh drug clinic blaze 2009-09-13 2009-09-13 RTÉ Ten people were taken to the hospital, where they were treated for severe burn injuries. Firefighters extinguished the fire after several hours. The Bodies of 36 patients and two workers were recovered from the building, and taken to the city morgue where relatives were witnessed wailing. One victim's sister criticised police for taking him away because "he was drinking too much. They said they were taking him away for six months to cure him of alcoholism but now he's dead".Peter Leonard http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6617118.html 37 killed in fire at Kazakh drug rehab clinic 2009-09-13 2009-09-13 Houston Chronicle dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090916005456/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6617118.html September 16, 2009 Another woman, this one named Fatima, stated: "I heard them screaming for 20 minutes. They were screaming, 'Save us, save us'". Relatives of the victims were warned by police not to talk to journalists, but a woman who lost her husband spoke to Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity. Journalists were not allowed to speak to victims in the hospital, but one patient whose bed was by the window told journalists that patients at the drug clinic had been locked in when the fire started before he was discovered by a police officer and pulled from the window. Reaction Karim Massimov, Kazakhstan's Prime Minister, asked for an investigation to take place.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/accidents/news/article.cfm?c_id=13&objectid=10597141&ref=rss Kazakhstan clinic fire kills 37 2009-09-14 2009-09-13 The New Zealand Herald October 2010 H3llBot The Emergencies Ministry later released a statement saying: "The fire had spread rapidly because fire fighters had been alerted late".https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLD440583 Fire at Kazakhstan health clinic kills 38 2009-09-13 2009-09-13 Reuters Serik Akhmetov, the Deputy Prime Minister, is to fly to Taldykorgan.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8252995.stm Dozens dead in Kazakhstan blaze 2009-09-13 2009-09-13 BBC https://web.archive.org/web/20090913100732/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8252995.stm 13 September 2009 livehttp://www.france24.com/en/20090913-kazakhstan-fire-kill-taldykorgan-drug-clinic-rehab Dozens killed in blaze at drug rehab clinic 2009-09-13 2009-09-13 France 24 A commission to investigate the fire was established. The building itself was visited by fire safety inspectors in May 2009. A number of violations were discovered, and the building was found to have no alarm system. Some violations had since been fixed, but an alarm system had still not been installed. References Category:Man-made disasters in Kazakhstan Category:2009 fires in Asia Category:September 2009 in Asia Category:Almaty Region Category:Fires in Kazakhstan Category:2009 disasters in Kazakhstan