Russia (bbabo.net), - Another major fire broke out in a nursing home, this time a social institution in Pushkino near Moscow was on fire. "At 18.42 Moscow time, open burning was liquidated in a private nursing home," the press service of the regional headquarters of the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported yesterday evening.
Rescuers received a message about a roof fire on an area of 450 square meters in a nursing home (located at the address: Pushkino, Zvyagino microdistrict, Shkolnaya street, house 41b) at 16.37. In the building at the time of the fire, according to the emergency department, there were more than 50 people. Of these, 13 are staff, the rest are guests, including 12 bedridden patients. It is noted that all were promptly taken to a safe place. At 18.20 the fire was localized, after another 22 minutes open burning was liquidated. Twenty ambulance teams and four teams of the territorial center for disaster medicine worked at the scene.
Recall that fires in nursing homes in Russia have occurred regularly in recent years. And most often it did not go without casualties. This time, fortunately, nothing happened. Although the fire was very strong - the entire building was on fire. 46 guests and 11 nursing home employees were taken to the hospital. They were sent to two branches of the Rozanov hospital in Ivanteevka and Pushkino.
"For temporary accommodation and medical examination, 57 people were evacuated to the medical organization. The condition of those brought to the hospital is satisfactory. After the diagnostic measures, a decision will be made on the further placement of the guests of the boarding house," the Moscow Region Ministry of Health was informed.
The prosecutor's office of the Moscow region yesterday organized an inspection in connection with the fire. During the inspection, the prosecutors intend to establish all the circumstances and reasons for the incident, as well as to check how fire safety was ensured in the institution.
"The main version of a fire in a nursing home is considered a malfunction or emergency operation of electrical equipment, in particular a short circuit in the electrical wiring," RIA Novosti quotes an emergency services representative.
The exact cause of the fire will be established by the fire-technical laboratory, which will begin work immediately after the complete elimination of the fire.
We will remind, on January 8 in the Kemerovo region, a private boarding house for the elderly caught fire. After extinguishing firefighters found the bodies of 4 guests. Charges have already been brought against the owner of a private nursing home and his deputy. Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - "the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence."
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