The inspector of the Ministry of Emergency Situations was sentenced to four years in a penal colony in the case of a fire in Kemerovo.

The Zavodsky District Court of Kemerovo sentenced Roman Plet, a state fire inspector, to four years in a penal colony in the case of a fire in an illegal shelter where 23 people died in 2022. This was announced on March 6 by a correspondent of Izvestia from the courtroom.

Plet is accused of negligence that negligently caused the death of more than two people. He did not admit his guilt.

Deadly A fire in an unofficially operated homeless shelter on Tavricheskaya Street occurred on the night of December 24, 2022. As a result of the incident, 23 people were killed and five others were injured. Law enforcement agencies reported that the administration of the burnt-out shelter href="https://iz.ru/1446031/2022-12-24/stalo-izvestno-o-grubykh-narusheniiakh-pozharnoi-bezopasnosti-v-priiute-v-kemerovo">grossly violated fire safety requirements. The examination established that the cause of the fire was a short circuit.

The organizer of the shelter, Pastor Andrey Smirnov was detained. He was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.