It is clarified that over 77% of fires in residential buildings occur due to improper operation of electrical equipment.
"The most common causes of fire in electrical equipment are associated with a lack of design and manufacture of electrical equipment - 33.5%, violation of the rules for installing electrical equipment - 11%, violation of the rules for the technical operation of electrical equipment - more than 11%", - RIA Novosti reported.
In August, Grigory Popov, chairman of the board of the St. Petersburg branch of the All-Russian Voluntary Firefighting Society, spoke about the causes of fires in residential buildings.