DUSHANBE, March 6, 2012, Asia-Plus — Three people were killed and another person was critically injured in a Tuesday apartment fire.
According to the Dushanbe fire department, the fire happened in an apartment type dormitory of the Ministry of Culture (MoC) at about 8:56 am. The Mirzo Qayumov family lived in that apartment.
“Mirzo Qayumov was out of apartment when the fire broke out,” said the source. “His wife Bunafsha Mirzoyeva, 34, and two sons – Safar, 6, and Komron, 10 – were killed by the fire, while their 12-year-old son Davron with serious burn injuries was taken to the hospital.”
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
