In Taishet, a pensioner died in a garage fire while refueling a snow-clearing machine

A garage fire claimed the life of a 74-year-old resident of Taishet

In Taishet, on the evening of November 4, a 74-year-old local resident died. According to the publication «Taishet 24», the pensioner was in a garage, where he was refueling a snow-clearing machine with gasoline, and doused himself with fuel. At that moment he was smoking and accidentally dropped a cigarette on himself — his clothes instantly caught fire. The man was unable to escape.

What is known and what remains unknown

The report on the circumstances of the death is based on a publication by a regional outlet cited by Gazeta.Ru; the publication contains no data on a criminal case being opened or official comments from law enforcement agencies or the Emergency Ministry. It is also not reported whether the man was alone in the garage or how quickly rescuers arrived. The same report briefly mentions two other incidents unrelated to this case: in Mordovia, a 44-year-old man was charged with dousing a 39-year-old friend, who had fallen asleep after drinking together in a garage, with gasoline and setting him on fire (the arsonist admitted involvement during questioning, and a criminal case has been opened), while earlier in the Moscow region a man burned alive in a tent on the shore of a pond.