"Minsk, st. Koltsova, 23, the apartment on the ground floor burns with open flame. According to preliminary information, three people were injured, ”the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry said on Twitter.
It is noted that the fire was preceded by an outbreak of domestic gas.
Five people were rescued by EMERCOM employees from the entrance where the apartment was on fire, three people were evacuated from a neighboring one.
Earlier it was reported that the prosecutor’s office began checking after a gas explosion in a residential building in Kazan.