The tragedy occurred on Saturday evening, November 2, at a dacha near the village of Bibiki in the Mozyr district of the Gomel region.
A summer house caught fire there. A woman died. Her identity is currently being established.
Rescuers were informed about the fire at 9:30 p.m. – they said that a summer house in the Stroitel gardening community, located next to the aforementioned village, was on fire.
As reported by the press service of the Gomel Regional Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the department's employees dismantled and poured water on the site.
During the course of these operations, they discovered the badly burned body of a woman on a bed in a burning room, whose identity is currently being established.
It is known that the owner of the summer house, who had suffered burns, went to the hospital. After examining him, doctors hospitalized him.
The regional Ministry of Emergency Situations noted that the fire destroyed the roof, ceiling and things inside the house. The walls were also damaged.
It is believed that the fire could have been caused by careless handling of fire while smoking.
