6 PEOPLE FOUND UNDER RUINS OF CRASHED HOUSE IN AZERBAIJAN

January 30, 2004 - 23:06 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - One of the blocks of a 5-storey building crashed down in the Azerbaijani town of Lenkoran yesterday. The rescuers have dragged out the bodies of 6 people by this noon. 16 people were wounded; it is not excluded that there are still people under the ruins. The state commission formed by the order of Azeri President Ilham Aliyev investigates reasons of the accident. As reported by Russian media, the subsoil waters that have eroded the fundament could ruin the building. The regional administration does not rule out the version of a terrorist act. Totally 90 people were registered in the building.
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