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Dramatic images show firefighters trying to tackle the blaze which was engulfing the tower still under construction.

But flames quickly expanded and moved to lower levels of the building.

Six units of firefighters had to work for three hours before succeeding in estinguish the fire, Interfax news agency reported.

Minister of Emergency Situations, Colonel-General Kamaladdin Heydarov arrived at the scene, local news website Fakxeber wrote.