The agency shared footage from the scene of the incident on its Telegram channel.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 68 people were evacuated from the multi-story building, including 18 children. A mobile heating unit was deployed to warm the evacuees.
Three sections have been organized at the site for firefighting, along with an operational headquarters led by the head of the Department of Emergency Situations.
The agency also noted that psychologists from the Department of Emergency Situations of the North Kazakhstan region are working with the evacuees.
The Ministry clarified that around 70 personnel and 18 units of equipment from the North Kazakhstan Department of Emergency Situations are involved in extinguishing the fire.
A hotline has been established at the Department of Emergency Situations: +7 (7152) 52-25-29.
Through the measures taken, the fire was localized and later extinguished over a preliminary area of 200 square meters.
"There are no casualties," the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan stated.
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The agency explained that firefighting efforts were complicated by heavy smoke and a significant fire load due to the presence of numerous flammable materials.
In Karaganda, on the night of January 9, 2025, a fire broke out in the roof, ceilings, and household items of a two-apartment residential building on Prishakhtinskaya Street. As a result of the fire, two children died, and another two were injured.