A fire broke out at the Kuylyuk market in the Bektemir district of Tashkent. The blaze originated in the kitchen of a public catering establishment.

The emergency services received a report of the fire at 10:18 a.m. on June 17. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, rescuers arrived at the scene within nine minutes and fully extinguished the fire by 10:36 a.m. The fire damaged the kitchen roof.

Footage from the scene appeared on social media, showing a thick column of black smoke rising above the buildings, visible from different parts of the city.

Earlier, a fire in an abandoned building in the Fergana region spread to three cars. Rescuers quickly put out the blaze, but two people died and three others were injured and hospitalized.

Source: podrobno.uz