BAKU, Azerbaijan — Two fires broke out Saturday at a vacant high-rise building in Azerbaijan’s capital that was intended to be a Trump-branded hotel in the former Soviet republic before Donald Trump was elected as U.S. president. Reflecting the building’s significance in Azerbaijan, Emergency Situations Minister Kamalladin Heydarov was at the scene for the first fire. “The reasons for the fire are being investigated”Azerbaijani firefighters work at the scene of the Trump-branded building in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, April 28, 2018. A building in Azerbaijan which was once intended to be a Trump-branded hotel has caught fire. (Aida Sultanova/Associated Press)The Trump Organization canceled its licensing deal for the planned hotel in December 2016, one month after Trump was elected.

Source: Washington Post April 28, 2018 14:14 UTC