Two people died in a fire in a five-story building in Minsk

January 9, MINSK . In Minsk, two people died in a fire in one of the apartments of a five-story residential building. BELTA was informed about this by the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

On January 8 at 23.54, rescuers were informed of a fire in an apartment on the fifth floor of a five-story residential building on Klumova lane, 11, in Minsk. At the scene of the fire they found the deceased owner, born in 1977, and his guest, born in 1975.

The causes of the fire and death are currently being established. The alleged cause of the incident is careless handling of fire while smoking in a state ofALCOHOL intoxication .