The Mogilev Region Prosecutor's Office has identified the most common causes of fire deaths.

Photo from the Prosecutor General's Office, April 21, Mogilev. The Mogilev Regional Prosecutor's Office reviewed compliance with fire safety legislation and initiated additional measures, the regional agency's information service reported.
An analysis of statistical data revealed that fire safety in the Mogilev Region significantly deteriorated in the first quarter of 2025. 273 fires were recorded, with the mortality rate increasing 1.7-fold compared to the same period last year: 40 people died from fires and their consequences, the majority of whom were pensioners and unemployed individuals.
"The most common cause of fires resulting in fatalities was careless handling of fire, especially while smoking. ALCOHOL consumption significantly contributes to these dire statistics: 31 of the fatalities were intoxicated," the information service explained.
The audit revealed that those responsible for fire prevention violated legislative requirements aimed at preventing offenses that contribute to deaths from external causes in housing. Formal approaches to the timely elimination of potential fire safety threats cannot be ruled out.
For example, the person who died in the fire in the Kruglyansky District systematically violated residential use regulations (maintaining the property in an unsanitary condition), which provided grounds for administrative liability under Part 4 of Article 22.12 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. However, housing and communal services specialists limited themselves to issuing warnings, and no administrative proceedings were initiated against the individual, despite administrative liability being an effective fire prevention measure.
Furthermore, cases were identified where local authorities failed to compile or maintain up-to-date lists of single, elderly, and disabled citizens living alone, as well as individuals prone to alcohol abuse. Some village executive committees did not identify any criteria for unsafe living in the homes of categorized citizens.
According to one village executive committee, 44 households within the village council were inspected in January-February 2025, of which 16% met criteria for unsafe living. However, during a random visit to 24 households located within the village council, regional prosecutors identified criteria for unsafe living in 70%.
Due to the noted violations of fire safety legislation, the prosecutor's officeThe regional prosecutor's office submitted a proposal to the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee to eliminate violations of the law, as well as the causes and conditions that facilitate them. Compliance with the prosecutor's office's oversight report has been monitored.