Unextinguished cigarette led to a fire in Cherepovets

Yesterday, November 9, at the beginning of eleven o'clock in the morning there was a fire in Cherepovets. Emergency services were called by residents of the house No30 on Metallurgov Street. They noticed smoke from the apartment on the third floor.

Five pieces of equipment and 18 personnel were sent to the scene. The 66-year-old owner was taken out of the apartment. The man got hurt. He was taken to a hospital.

The fire was extinguished on an area of two square meters. Household garbage and belongings were burned. The interior decoration of the room was damaged. Experts believe that the fire was caused by an unextinguished cigarette.