{"id":510147,"date":"2026-01-16T10:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=510147"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:19:36","slug":"twelve-people-killed-in-fires-in-hrodna-region-since-late-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/twelve-people-killed-in-fires-in-hrodna-region-since-late-december","title":{"rendered":"Twelve People Killed in Fires in Hrodna Region Since Late December"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since late December 2025, a rise in fire-related fatalities has been recorded in Belarus\u2019s Hrodna Region. According to the Investigative Committee, fires have claimed the lives of 12 people, with a total of 14 injured. For comparison, nine people died in fires in the region over the same period a year earlier.<\/p>\n

The main cause of the tragedies remains careless handling of fire while smoking, with at least seven such cases established. In several incidents, the victims were intoxicated: according to official data, five of the 12 people who died had consumed alcohol shortly before the fires.<\/p>\n

The fires occurred both in private houses and in apartments. One such case took place in the agrotown of Derevnaya in Slonim District, where a residential house caught fire at around 9:00 p.m. on the last day of December. Rescuers found the body of a 54-year-old man in one of the rooms. Investigators determined that the fire was caused by smoking; the man had consumed alcohol shortly before the blaze.<\/p>\n

Another tragedy occurred on January 2 in the village of Osmolovo in Navahrudak District. At around 11:00 p.m., a residential house caught fire, killing an 81-year-old woman and her 54-year-old son. Experts concluded that the fire resulted from violations of fire safety rules while smoking; both victims were intoxicated.<\/p>\n

In addition to smoking, fires have also been caused by violations of rules for operating electrical wiring, electrical equipment, stoves and gas appliances. In late December, at around 3:00 a.m., a report was received about a house fire in the village of Putsevichy in Navahrudak District. The body of the 80-year-old homeowner was found in a room with a gas stove and electric heaters. Experts established that the fire was caused by improper use of the gas stove, which led to a short circuit in the wiring.<\/p>\n

A similar incident occurred on January 9 in Svislach. During the day, an apartment in a multi-storey building caught fire, killing a 78-year-old man. During an inspection, burnt cookware with food was found on the gas stove. Expert examinations showed that the fire occurred due to violations of gas appliance operating rules.<\/p>\n

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Since late December 2025, a rise in fire-related fatalities has been recorded in Belarus\u2019s Hrodna Region. According to the Investigative Committee, fires have claimed the lives of 12 people, with a total of 14 injured. For comparison, nine people died in fires in the region over the same period a year earlier. The main cause […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":510146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/6969f49c7eaba.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Twelve People Killed in Fires in Hrodna Region Since Late December"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-510147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}