<br /> <p>At least 24 people were killed after a fire ripped through a drug-treatment facility in Baku, Azerbaijan, on March 2, according to officials cited in local reports</a>.</p><p>Emergency services were called to the Republican Drug Abuse Treatment Center</a> after the fire broke out early on Friday morning, Qafqazinfo.az reported</a>.</p><p>Officials said 31 of the 55 people in the building were rescued, with three taken to hospital, according to the APA Information Agency</a>. A criminal investigation was launched, the report said, but a preliminary investigation suggested the fire was caused by a short circuit in the building’s electrical network. Credit: APA Information Agency via Storyful</p><br />
