A disabled woman was rescued from a dormitory fire in the Orsha district

March 11, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Three people were rescued from fires in the Vitebsk region over the past day, Marina Fando, press secretary of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, told a BELTA correspondent. In the town of Baran, Orsha district, rescuers saved a woman born in 1961, a group 3 invalid, from a burning room in a dormitory. The victim, with burns of varying severity and poisoning by combustion products, was hospitalized in the Orsha city hospital. In addition, rescuers evacuated 5 people from adjacent rooms of the dormitory. A total of 217 people live in the dormitory, which belongs to the state enterprise "Orshakomkhoz". The fire occurred in a room on the third floor of a five-story building, and the autonomous fire alarm system was activated. As a result of the incident, property was burnt out in the room, and the walls, floor, and ceiling were damaged. Carelessness in smoking by the woman living in the room is considered the likely cause of the fire. At approximately the same time in Shumilino, rescuers saved a pensioner born in 1934 from a smoke-filled apartment. The man suffered poisoning by combustion products and was hospitalized in the district hospital. During the incident response, rescuers evacuated three people living on the floor above. A report about the incident in the apartment on the second floor of a three-story building was received from neighbors. As a result of the fire, property was damaged. The likely cause is carelessness in smoking by the apartment owner. Another person was rescued in Brслав district tonight. During a fire in a private house in the village of Tilevtsy, rescuers pulled a pensioner born in 1931 from a smoke-filled room. The elderly woman was hospitalized in the central district hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. A short circuit in the electrical wiring is considered a possible cause of the fire. -0-