4 people died in a fire at the Orsha Meat Canning Plant

May 24, Minsk / Yekaterina Nechayeva - BELTA /. A major fire occurred today at the Orsha Meat Canning Plant, resulting in the deaths of four employees of this enterprise. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the press secretary of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Vitaly Novitsky. Today, around 3:00 PM, it became known that a fire of insulation material occurred at the Orsha Meat Canning Plant over an area of approximately 400 sq.m in a gallery on the 3rd floor of the refrigeration unit building. 11 units of emergency fire and rescue equipment and 47 employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were involved in extinguishing the fire. With the help of a special ladder, 9 people were rescued from the building, and another 14 were evacuated via regular stairwells. It took the units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations about an hour to cope with the fire. Since there was a threat of depressurization of the refrigeration unit, 20 tons of ammonia were pumped into a reserve tank. The causes of the fire are currently being established. -0-