
The emergency regime was introduced throughout the Siberian Federal District due to fires. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the head of the Ministry of Emergencies Vladimir Puchkov.
According to him, the emergency mode is introduced in the region from 17:00. As a result of the fire, 59 houses burned in the village of Bubnovka, located in the Kirensky district of the Irkutsk region, said in the Ministry of Emergencies. All the inhabitants of the village were evacuated, there are no victims. It is not possible to extinguish the fire because of the strong wind. The village from the "Great Earth" is separated by the Lena River, it is now impossible to deliver heavy equipment there, the department said.
At the same time, Irkutsk Online, citing the chairman of the Duma of the Kirensky Moscow Region Dmitry Tkachenko, writes that all houses, kindergarten, school and the building of the local administration burned in the village. Tkachenko added that everything burned in three hours. According to him, local residents were transported to Kirensk.
SK started a criminal case under Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (negligence). According to investigators, the fire began in the non -residential sector of the village - an abandoned house or garbage caught fire. The department has clarified that by 21:00 local time more than 50 residential buildings burned down.
Earlier it was reported that more than 20 houses caught fire in the Rybinsk, Mansky and Sharypovsky districts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the cause of fires was arson of grass. As noted in the department, two criminal cases have been instituted, within the framework of which several suspects have already been detained. One of them was a 70-year-old farmer from the Mansky district.