Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan continues to fulfill its responsibilities, including the protection of the population and territories from natural and man-made emergency situations.

Thus, over the past day, according to the calls received by the “112” hotline of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, rescue operations were carried out by the relevant agencies of the Ministry on 26 fire accidents, 5 cases of helplessness and 2 traffic accidents. As the result of the taken quick and urgent measures the fires were extinguished operatively and people's lives were saved.

In total, over the past day, 5 people, including a minor, as well as 1 person trapped in a vehicle deformed as a result of a collision between “Daewoo” and “BMW” model cars in Sumgayit city were rescued by MES forces. Also, the body of Huseynov Zeynal Yusif (born in 2000), who was trapped in a vehicle deformed as a result of a “Kia” model car crashing into a stone fence in the Khatai district of Baku city and the body of Lalayeva Rena Heydar (born in 1937), found behind the closed door in the Nasimi district of Baku city were removed and handed over to the relevant authorities.

In addition, due to the strong wind, rescuers took appropriate security measures in connection with the threat posed by the facing stones of a five-story residential building located in Zygh settlement of Surakhani district of Baku city.