Firefighters rescue five individuals from fire in Tbilisi
About 10 square metres of the auxiliary building were burned, while the ceiling of a shop on the ground floor and the window of the first floor burnt out. Photo: Emergency Management Service.
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Firefighters have rescued five people, including three minors from a fire at a flat on the ground floor of a residential building in Mukhiani, Tbilisi.
All of them are safe.
An auxiliary building of the residential building caught fire which caused heavy smoke in the lower floors of the building, says the Emergency Management Service.
About 10 square metres of the auxiliary building were burned, while the ceiling of a shop on the ground floor and the window of the first floor burnt out.
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