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20 December 2024

Fire in a shopping center in Vitebsk: what conclusions have been made and what measures are being taken in the country

The heads of relevant ministries and departments told ONT TV channel in an interview what conclusions were made after the fire in the shopping center in Vitebsk and what measures are being taken in the country,  BELTA reports .

A fire broke out in the Belarus shopping center in Vitebsk on December 13. According to the ONT TV channel, nine more victims remain in Vitebsk hospitals. The emergency in Vitebsk is under the special control of the President.

"As of today, the inspection of the scene of the incident is complete. Speaking about the results, our specialists have recorded non-design changes that were made to the electrical wiring. There are signs of the electrical networks operating in an emergency mode. In simple terms, this is a short circuit. The source of the fire was determined by characteristic signs; it was 20x20 m," said Alexey Volkov, Chairman of the State Forensic Expertise Committee.




He expressed the opinion that children's entertainment centers should not be located on the upper floors of shopping centers. "This increases the evacuation time. And, as this emergency has shown, the most terrible damaging factor is not fire, which can be quickly localized. It is carbon monoxide poisoning. Children's entertainment centers should still be located on the first, maximum second floor of the building. I believe that we need to think hard about this issue," said the chairman of the State Forensic Expertise Committee.

As noted by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Alexander Subbotin, all materials on the results of the examination in the shopping center have been prepared and transferred to the investigative bodies for further investigation. "We have simultaneously launched a mass inspection of places where people gather in the region, because the holidays, concerts, New Year's trees and so on are on the eve. An influx of shoppers is expected in shopping centers these days," he said.

The Minister of Emergency Situations Vadim Sinyavsky emphasized that the main thing is that all people in the shopping center were saved, the five-minute deployment of the rescue operation and the prompt provision of assistance to people were completed successfully. "As for the owner, an unscheduled inspection of all of his facilities is underway. We have sent a serious team from the central office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations there," he informed.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations will insist on settling the issue related to mandatory requirements for servicing power plants. "They are optional, and the owner of the facility does not bear any responsibility for this. This is bad. This needs to be corrected. We have 1,405 different shopping and entertainment centers with large numbers of people. Fourteen shopping centers are of serious concern to us. We are already visiting all of these facilities from today and will resolve issues related to their additional monitoring," the minister said.

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