A pensioner died in a fire in Vitebsk

January 10, Vitebsk . In Vitebsk, a pensioner died in a fire in a multi-storey residential building. A BELTA correspondent was informed about this by the Vitebsk Regional Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations .

A fire in one of the high-rise buildings on Moskovsky Avenue occurred on the afternoon of January 10. Rescuers were informed that the entrance to the house was filled with smoke; they arrived at the call site within minutes.

The fire was observed in an apartment on the fourth floor. The owner of the house, a woman born in 1946, was found by emergency workers in the room on the sofa. She was taken out into the fresh air and handed over to doctors, who, after a series of resuscitation measures, pronounced the pensioner dead .

Two people, including a child, were evacuated from the floors above.

As noted by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the fire occurred due to an unextinguished cigarette.

Rescuers remind: in most cases, smoking in one’s home, especially inALCOHOL intoxication leads to dire consequences.