Administrative building on fire in Almaty city

ALMATY. KAZINFORM - An administrative building is on fire in Medeuskiy district of Almaty city, Kazinform correspondent reports.

According to the Almaty emergencies department, the fire started at around 8:55 a.m.

"The roof of the 8-storey building in Zhibek Zholy Street was in smoke when the firefighters arrived at the scene at 9:03 a.m.," official spokesperson of the department Sandugash Baimukhambetov said.

More details are to follow.