“EMERCOM of Russia prepared and sent to the government of the Russian Federation proposals on toughening the responsibility in terms of increasing sanctions provided for by Art. 168 of the Criminal Code, for actions related to careless handling of fire, ”the agency quotes TASS.
It is noted that toughening is provided for causing a fire with great material damage.
It is specified that these measures include fires resulting from the burning of dry grass.
Earlier it became known that in a fire in a hospital building in the city of Zelenodolsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, three people were killed, four more people were injured, and evacuation was carried out.