Severe fire broke out in the house in Tbilisi
31 July, 2013
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Fire broke out in one of the houses in the Dighomi district, Tbilisi. The head of the Tbilisi Emergency Service Temur Giorgadze told InterPressNews agency, there are no people injured. 9 fire brigades are mobilized at the scene, the Rescue service told InterpressNews. The investigation will work on identifying reasons of the fire.
Temur Giorgadze (Head of the Tbilisi Emergency Service): ‘We received the information there was a strong fire on eof the houses in Tbilisi. We immediately sent 8 items of fire vehicles to the spot and managed to extinguish the fire in fifteen minutes’.

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