CHELYABINSK, May 10. The culprit of a large landscape fire that occurred on May 9 near residential buildings in Kurgan was found, it turned out to be a man who burned wires, said press center of the GUMCHS of Russia for the region.
According to the press center, on the afternoon of May 9, reeds burned on an area of 1.5 hectares in Kurgan in the Severny microdistrict, firefighters and local residents did not allow the fire to spread to residential buildings. 11 people and three pieces of equipment were involved in the elimination of the landscape fire.
«The culprit of the landscape fire was identified in hot pursuit on the same day — he turned out to be a resident of the city of Kurgan, born in 1970, who burned wires in an open area with dry vegetation, near residential buildings, and this despite the special fire regime in the region and on against the backdrop of the largest fires recorded in the Trans-Urals on May 7,» the report says.
An administrative protocol has been drawn up against the culprit of the fire, he faces the maximum fine for such a violation — 20 thousand rubles.
As stated by the regional department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, as a result of large-scale fires that occurred on May 7 in the Kurgan region, at least three people died, significant material damage was caused to citizens and economic entities. A criminal case has been initiated under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (negligence). The Kurgan Glavk of the Ministry of Emergency Situations announced today that all fires that threatened settlements have been eliminated ://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e7/05/08/1870495548_0:0:1280:720_768x0_80_0_0_46e766adafd04bf49846643ba1f84b24.png»>
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