Fire breaks out in a container in Tashkent
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29 November 1810
A fire broke out in a container in Tashkent late on November 28, according to the city's Emergency Situations Department.
The incident was reported at 22:59 on Istiqbol Street in the Yunusabad District. Fire and rescue teams arrived at the scene by 23:05, and the fire was fully extinguished by 23:08.
The container temporarily housed daily work equipment used by landscaping workers from the Central Areas Improvement Department of Tashkent. Fortunately, no injuries or fatalities occurred.
"Authorities are currently investigating the cause of the fire and assessing the material damage," the official report states.
Earlier, a fire occurred in a workshop in the Tashkent district of the Tashkent region. No casualties were reported in that incident as well.
