Three people died in fires in the Irkutsk region

In the Irkutsk region, three people died in fires in the city of Angarsk, the village of Dobrolet and the village of Otradnoye. This was reported on February 16 by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the region in Telegram-channel.

As indicated in the Department, in the Angarsk apartment building caught fire. Emergency Situations Ministry employees took out six people, however, in the room was found dead 84-year-old woman.

"Presumably, the cause was a short circuit of electrical wiring," - stated in the message.

In extinguishing the fire participated 17 employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and five units of equipment. The fire spread to 12 square meters. m.

In the settlement of Dobrolet due to a short circuit from the heater turned on, a residential house caught fire. A 49-year-old man died in the fire. To eliminate open burning on 20 square meters worked 13 employees and four technicians.

In addition, in the village of Otradnoye there was a fire due to an unextinguished cigarette, a 67-year-old man died. The fire was liquidated by six firefighters and two units of equipment.

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Earlier in the day in the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Belgorod region reported the death of three men in a fire in a private house in Shebekino. The area of the fire amounted to 56 square meters. The ages of the deceased were 36, 53 and 55 years old.