House fire kills man in Almaty city

ALMATY. KAZINFORM - A man has been killed in a house fire in Almaty city earlier this morning, Kazinform has learnt from local emergencies department.

According to reports, the incident happened in Tastybulak micro-district in Zhandosov Street at 7:00 a.m. Almaty time.

Firefighters arrived at the scene in a matter of minutes. Upon arrival they saw that the blaze engulfed the house and partly destroyed the roof. The fire was contained by 7:17 a.m. A man's dead body was found in the debris.

The fire was completely extinguished by 8:05 a.m. It covered an area of 80 sq.m.