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16 August 2018, 19:25

More than 2000 fires killed 144 people in Bashkortostan year-to-date

UFA, 16 August 2018. /Bashinform News Agency, Ksenia Kalinina/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/. In Bashkortostan for seven months of 2018, 144 people were killed and 149 suffered injuries of varying severity in 2125 fires. Compared to the same period, the growth is 6.6%, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation for Bashkortostan reported.
The department named the main causes of fires:
- arsons,
- malfunction of production equipment,
- violation of production technological processes,
- violation of rules for construction and operation of electrical equipment, furnaces, gas equipment, vehicles,
- violation of fire safety rules during electric and gas welding and fire works,
- careless handling of fire.
Author:Ksenia Kalinina
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