The incident occurred in the 4-storey buildings in V.Alasgarov Str.
Natural gas supply was cut at around 7:00 pm, but was restored an hour later with a kind of peculiar smell that caused dozens of residents to be poisoned, said eyewitnesses.
30 ambulances arrived at the scene. Nearly one hundred people were hospitalized.
Head of the Garadagh district Executive Power Suleyman Mikayilov visited the area.
He said law-enforcement bodies and "Azerigas" are currently carrying out an investigation on the incident.
According to the preliminary investigation, the cause of gas poisoning was excessive use of odorant, said "Azergas" PU representative Vagif Namazov.
Specialists of the Ministry of Emergency Situations have conducted radiological, chemical, biological, and bacteriological analyses and set up a mobile laboratory in the area.
According to the doctors poisoning that was caused by odorant is not fatal. Poisoning can cause nausea, dizziness, but after receiving appropriate health care patients can return to normal condition.
Doctors of the local hospital in Lokbatan said 80 people were hospitalized. Most of them were released after first aid.
However witnesses noted that Natalia Mammadova,45, resident of the settlement felt bad from gas smell. Despite being taken to the hospital by her family members, doctors didn’t manage to save her life.
There was no immediate report about the cause of her death.
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