More than 50 people have been questioned as witnesses in the criminal case of the fire at the Rosson school

March 23, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. More than 50 people have been interviewed as witnesses in the criminal case of the fire at the Rossonskaya school, the official representative of the Investigative Committee Department for the Vitebsk region, Inna Gorbacheva, told a BELTA correspondent. Among those interviewed are schoolchildren, victims of the fire, who have been recognized as victims in this criminal case. The investigation is ongoing. Documentation related to the organization of the school's work, fire safety documentation from the school and the Rossonsk District Education Department, and documentation provided by the Rossonsk District Emergency Situations Department have been seized and are being studied. As reported, on March 7 of this year, at about 8:00 AM, waste paper caught fire in the premises of the Rossonskaya Secondary School named after Masherov, which subsequently led to the spread of the fire. As a result of the incident, eight students of the educational institution sustained bodily injuries of varying severity. On this fact, on the same day, the Investigative Committee Department for the Vitebsk region initiated a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 304 of the Criminal Code of Belarus - "Violation of fire safety rules." Currently, five of the injured have been discharged from the hospital, and three continue to receive treatment in Vitebsk. -0-