In morning Chyzh’s hotel in Minsk was on fire

There was smoke in the unfinished construction in Independence Avenue.

Charter97.org was informed about that by the press-service of the Civil Defence and Emergency Response Ministry of Belarus.

The information about the smoke was received today at 7:18 a.m. by the Minsk city Emergency response Ministry centre from a guard. “During the reconnaissance it was established that electrical cable insulation ignition took place on the ground floor of an unfinished building of the hotel. As a result of the fire the electrical cable, polystyrene foam insulation, wooden pallets at the floor area of 30 square metres were damaged in the premises of the ground floor of the ten-storeyed building. No one was injured, evacuation didn’t take place,” the report reads.

The fire was brought under control at 7:58 a.m.

The reason for the outbreak of fire is still to be established, a short circuit of the power supply cable is possible.