An official death toll and injuries have not yet been released but it is feared that there are several deaths after the explosion that occurred last night in a nightclub in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. "According to preliminary reports, several people were killed and injured in the incident," the Emergency Situations Ministry wrote in a statement which said it "received information about an explosion at a facility in Tarlan Aliyarbeyov Street" at 3:00 (1:00 in Italy).
Rescue and search operations are underway while the fire that has developed in the room has been extinguished.
(Unioneonline / ss)