5 October, Minsk /BELTA correspondent/. A heating boiler exploded in a residential building in the Vitebsk region, the owner was injured. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus. In the evening of October 4, in a residential building in the settlement of Voropayevo, Postavy district, Vitebsk region, the water jacket of a homemade solid fuel heating boiler ruptured. The owners with five children (the eldest born in 1998, the youngest in 2011) were at home at the time. Only the woman was injured by the explosion - she was washing clothes in the kitchen. She was taken to the hospital with steam burns of degrees 1-3 (10%) on her hands and face. As specialists assume, the explosion occurred due to insufficient water circulation in the heating system. Fortunately, no fire broke out after the incident. The damage is being assessed. The house is suitable for further residence.-0-

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