On 12.10.2019 at 07:04, the operational control centre of Lepel Emergency Situations Ministry received a report of a house fire in the village of Drimovshchina.
Upon arrival of the Emergency Situations Ministry units at the scene, open burning of the roof of a residential house was observed (the house was used seasonally as a dacha).
The owner, born in 1942, a pensioner, was in the house at the time of the fire and left the house independently before the arrival of the Emergency Situations Ministry units.
As a result of the fire, the roof and ceiling of the house were destroyed, and the walls and property were damaged.
The cause of the fire is being established. The considered version of the cause of the fire is the violation of the rules for the operation of stoves, heat-generating units and devices.