A resident of the village of Volginsky, Petushinsky district, Vladimir region, died in a fire in an apartment building. The preliminary cause of the fire is careless handling of fire while smoking.
Photo by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Vladimir Region
The Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Vladimir Region received a report of a fire in a five-story building in the village of Volginsky, Petushinsky district. Units arriving at the scene recorded heavy smoke in the entrance of a multi-storey residential building and in an apartment on the fifth floor.
Firefighters formed three units of gas and smoke protection service to extinguish the fire and evacuate people. 5 people were evacuated from the smoke-filled entrance.
The fire was extinguished in an area of 10 square meters. During the fire extinguishing, the body of a deceased 62-year-old man was discovered.
Press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Vladimir Region
reportswhich, according to preliminary information, the tragedy could have been caused by careless handling of fire when smoking.
13 people and 4 pieces of equipment were involved in eliminating the consequences of the fire.
Meanwhile, the Investigative Committee has organized a procedural check into the discovery of the man’s remains. The press service of the Vladimir SledCom clarifies that the person who died in the fire was the owner of the burnt apartment.
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