In Irkutsk, three cars caught fire in one night, including a Mercedes Benz, a Lada 2115 and a Toyota Crown. One fire was likely arson, two were caused by electrical short circuits. No one was hurt.
For a long time, owners of private vehicles in Irkutsk have not been able to sleep peacefully at night. On the night of January 16, three cars burned in the city, including a 2005 Mercedes-Benz. The incident occurred on Akademicheskaya Street, near building No. 34.The fire was extinguished before rescuers arrived, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Irkutsk Region reported. The fire damaged the interior and combustible parts of the car over an area of 0.5 square meters. The preliminary cause of the fire is arson.
In addition, in Irkutsk at about two o'clock in the morning, a Lada-2115 caught fire in the Yubileyny microdistrict near house No. 115, and in the morning at 6:40 a Toyota Crown caught fire on Zimnyaya Street. The preliminary cause of the fires is a short circuit in the electrical wiring.
No one was injured in the incidents.