Building caught fire in Gomel after drone crash – Emergencies Ministry
Recently, the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported the destruction of unmanned aerial vehicles that violated the state border of the republic.
A little later, the Ministry of Emergency Situations released some details of the incident on its official Telegram channel.
In particular, the department reported that as a result of the fall of the downed UAV, one of the buildings in Gomel caught fire.
The ministry also published photographs from the scene of the incident.
As a result of the fall of a presumably shot down unmanned aerial vehicle, a fire broke out in a brick warehouse building in Gomel on 8th Ilyicha Lane, the report says.
It is noted that the Ministry of Emergency Situations units that immediately arrived at the scene extinguished the fire.
Fortunately, no one was hurt. The fire damaged 5 square meters of the roof.
Let us recall that earlier, the Chief of the General Staff – First Deputy Commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces, Colonel Sergei Frolov, reported that UAVs were destroyed over Belarus on the night of September 5.
According to him, these drones violated the state border and a decision was made to destroy them.
This was accomplished by the air defense duty forces – they eliminated all violating targets.
An investigation is being conducted into the incident, the Chief of the General Staff noted.
