In the Mogilev region, a summer house burned down due to food left on the stove.
The 67-year-old owner of the house was hospitalized with burns.
This was reported by the press service of the Mogilev regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
What happened
The fire occurred the day before, on September 2, in the gardening association “Stroitel-1”.
The fire was reported at 2:30 p.m. by neighbors. When rescuers arrived, the house was burning with open flames.
The 67-year-old owner of the house was outside. It turned out that he had put the gas on to cook food and fell asleep.
Waking up from the smell of burning and the crackling of burning structures, the pensioner tried to put out the fire himself and received burns. The man was hospitalized.
The fire destroyed the roof, ceiling and property in the house.