TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is shaken by the death of three boys in a hotel fire Sunday morning.
45 people were rescued from Hotel Armazi in Kobuleti, a town on the Black Sea. Among the hotel’s inhabitants were 31 minors. The three boys who died were were 10 and 11 years
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man who was injured in a fire at a market in Batumi died in hospital Sunday night. Police have detained one person in connection with the fire.
Davit Putkaradze, 51, was owner of one of the shops at the market. According to local media, he had lung
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two people died in a fire at a market in Batumi on Sunday. One person is in hospital in a critical condition.
The victims are a married couple in their fifties, Temur and Nani Rizhvadze, while the third injured person is Davit Putkaradze, 51.
TBILISI, DFWatch–There were 1,703 fires in Georgia in the first half of 2014. 38 people died and 61 were injured, according to the Interior Ministry.
In 1,005 of the cases, the reason for the fire could not be determined. In 333 cases, the cause was negligence,