The fire broke out the day before at about 11 o'clock in the evening in a wooden residential building at 1 Polevaya Street. According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, when firefighters arrived, the roof of the house was burning, then the fire spread to the covered porch attached to the house. A 48-year-old man was injured in the fire.

The ski slopes are ready to welcome Tomsk residents. As Alexey Savitsky, head of the city department for youth affairs, physical culture and sports, told the TV2 news agency, there are 9 ski resorts in Tomsk: “Kedr”, “Metelitsa”, “Sosnovy Bor”, “Cheryomushki”, village. Svetly, TPU, TUSUR and 2 ski resorts near TSU. Illuminated tracks are located at the bases "Sosnovy Bor", "Metelitsa", "Kedr" and Polytechnic. At the Cheryomushki bases, in the village.

More than 1.5 thousand calls were received at the emergency medical service station, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Department of Health of the Tomsk Region. Almost 800 call calls - during January 1st. “207 drunken Tomsk residents and 266 injured people required ambulance assistance—one of them fell on a hill, 48 on the street, and 113 received “criminal” injuries. There were no complaints regarding pyrotechnic injuries,” the source reports.

Tomorrow at 8 am, car traffic will be blocked on Yeniseiskaya Street, the press service of the mayor's office reports. The street will be blocked in the area from Komsomolsky Avenue to Novgorodskaya Street. “This is due to the work on repairing the water pipeline, which will be carried out by Tomskvodokanal. With the start of work, temporary road signs will be installed on this section of the road network to regulate the new traffic pattern,” the department explains.

Hello, dear Grandfather Frost! Julia Minina is writing to you. I didn't send you letters when I was a child. It was somehow awkward to ask and whine. And now she’s become bolder. I am writing. Moreover, we have New Year here, snowflakes and summing up. By the way, tell me, did Khodorkovsky write to you too? Or is it the one who is not at all kind and not even bearded? When I was little, I confused you with God. You both have a beard, are kind, and I was told that I need to believe in you.

During the New Year holidays, the Tomsk Puppet and Actor Theater "Skomorokh" presents the play "Caliph-Stork". As theater director Larisa Otmakhova told the TV2 news agency, the performance is intended for children aged 4 years and older. This is a magical oriental fairy tale, during which viewers will learn about transformations and miracles. "We have a magical performance and a fairy tale, where children find themselves in a fairy-tale extravaganza.

On January 3 at 12 o'clock a master class will be held at the Museum of Slavic Mythology on Zagornaya, 12. Museum employees reported this to the TV2 news agency. Each participant will be given a New Year's ball and paints for creativity. “These are balls on which a conic stencil is applied to help participants. And then the ball can be decorated with paints, glitter, snowflakes and suns,” the museum said. Note that you can choose a ball without a stencil.

Photo: morzh.tomsk.ru On New Year's Eve, Tomsk walruses from the Zdorovyak winter swimming society plunged into an ice hole. Swimming took place on Lake Boyarskoye. To create a festive atmosphere, the walruses came to the lake in carnival costumes. According to the organizer of the society, Vladimir Fokin, anyone can swim in the ice hole; no special training is required for this. “The only requirement is that the human body must be relatively healthy,” the organizer added.