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Latest news Nine children killed in fire in Kazakhstan

SDA

18.11.2025 - 09:04

HANDOUT - In this photo released by Kazakhstan's presidential office, Kazakh President Kassym-Shomart Tokayev speaks during a meeting in connection with the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 that crashed near Kazakhstan's Aktau airport. Photo: Uncredited/Kazakhstan's Presidential Press/AP/dpa - ATTENTION: For editorial use only and only with full attribution to the above credit
HANDOUT - In this photo released by Kazakhstan's presidential office, Kazakh President Kassym-Shomart Tokayev speaks during a meeting in connection with the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 that crashed near Kazakhstan's Aktau airport. Photo: Uncredited/Kazakhstan's Presidential Press/AP/dpa - ATTENTION: For editorial use only and only with full attribution to the above credit
Keystone

Twelve people, including nine children, have been killed by a devastating fire in southern Kazakhstan. Three people were rescued unconscious from a burning house.

Keystone-SDA

18.11.2025, 09:04

This was reported by the Tengrinews news agency, citing the disaster control authorities. The site of the disaster, Algabas, is a village in the very south of the Central Asian country; the nearest large city is the Uzbek capital Tashkent, 100 kilometers away.

According to reports, the flames completely engulfed a two-storey residential building. Neighbors said that many guests had been in the house after a party, Tengrinews reported. From the Kazakh capital Astana, President Kassym-Shomart Tokayev ordered an investigation into the cause of the fire. He also promised help to the bereaved.

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