Spouses' bodies found in house fire in Kopyl district

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June 20, MINSK. Investigators are checking the death of spouses in a fire in the Kopyl district. This was announced to BelTA by the official representative of the USC in the Minsk region Elena Krupenina.

According to the investigation, on the afternoon of June 19, a message was received that during the elimination of a fire in a residential building in the village of Zarudnoye, Kopyl district, the bodies of two people were found. An investigative team immediately rushed to the scene. As established, the dead - 61-year-old husband and wife. The man worked as a livestock breeder, the woman is a pensioner. Both abused ALCOHOL. it was preliminarily established that the couple consumed alcohol that day . Smoke from the kitchen window, as well as from under the roof, was noticed by the neighbors, who called the emergency workers.

The investigator conducted an inspection of the scene of the incident using the capabilities of a mobile forensic laboratory, as well as with the involvement of specialists from the UGKSE in the Minsk region and a forensic expert-fire engineer of the GKSE.

On this fact, the Kopyl district department of the Investigative Committee is conducting an investigation. The preliminary cause of the fire is under investigation. Earlier in the house there were already cases of fires due to careless handling of fire, as well as smoking in bed. Conducting forensic medical and comprehensive fire-technical examinations has been scheduled. Relatives and neighbors are being interviewed.

Over the past period of 2022, 94 people have already died in fires in the Minsk region.

Investigators once again remind of the need to comply with fire safety rules: careless handling of fire, as well as smoking in bed, do not overload the electrical network with electrical appliances and do not leave equipment unattended, do not use homemade extension cords and electrical appliances, follow the rules for using stove equipment.

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