Foreigners were evacuated from highway by rescuers in the Aktobe region

Tengrinews.kz - A bus traveling from Shymkent to Russia broke down on the Samara-Shymkent highway in the Aktobe region, according to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

The driver asked the rescuers for help.

"The Ministry of Emergency Situations employees evacuated 82 passengers to the heating point in the village of Kurylys, including three children who are citizens of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. There were no casualties," the department reported.

The foreign citizens expressed gratitude to the Kazakh rescuers, the Ministry of Emergency Situations noted.

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