"Almaty Hostel" is located in the building owned by Halyk Bank on Adi Sharipov street in Almaty. This was announced by the Almaty administration, the national portal "Adyrna" reported.
"The hostel was opened a month and a half ago, the building belongs to Halyk Bank. The bank leased it as collateral. The red flame covered 30 square meters. "This hostel has not signed a memorandum of cooperation with higher educational institutions of Almaty city to accommodate students," the administration informed.
Halyk Bank has not yet issued an official statement on this.
Yerbolat Dosayev, mayor of Almaty, came to the scene. It was also known that the Minister of Emergency Situations Syrym Sharipkhanov flew out of Astana.
Let's remind that this morning a fire broke out in one of the hostels located in Almaty and 13 people died. As it turns out, the hostel has been in operation for 1.5 months. Foreign citizens lived there. At the same time, the Government Commission for the investigation of the causes of the fire was established. Information about the condition of the victims of the fire was known.
