Salim Muslimov: families of Baku fire victims to receive compensation

The Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Azerbaijan, Salim Muslimov, said that the families of those who died in a fire in the Binagadi district of Baku will receive financial compensation.

"Ten houses of the State Border Service, two cottages, 60 rooms of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population in Bilgah and the boarding house of the Confederation of Trade Unions in Buzovna have been allocated to accommodate the victims. The people will be provided with food and clothing, they will remain in the allocated settlements until permanent placement. President Ilham Aliyev gave instructions in connection with the urgent accommodation of the victims," Trend cited him as saying.

The funerals of those died in the fire will be organized by the state.