{"id":182318,"date":"2026-04-04T17:27:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182318\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T17:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:27:56","slug":"death-toll-from-fires-rising-sharply-in-belarus-this-year","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182318\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll from fires rising sharply in Belarus this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>4<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 emergency management ministry reported a 21.2-percent rise in fires since the start of the year to 2,411, with the death toll rising by 19.4 percent to 240.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire fighters reportedly saved 207 people, and 225 sustained injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be noted that the agency revised its numbers downward several times at the end of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pozhar_raquel_raclette_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pozhar_raquel_raclette_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pozhar_raquel_raclette_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pozhar_raquel_raclette_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pozhar_raquel_raclette_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pozhar_raquel_raclette_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">More than 2,000 fires claim 225 lives in Belarus since year\u2019s start<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 18, Pozirk. Emergency services have reported 2,009 fires since the start of January, with a nearly 25-percent increase year on year, according to Pozirk&#039;s analysis of data by the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Belarus has also seen a sharp &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/179844\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 4, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 emergency management ministry reported a 21.2-percent rise in fires since the start of the year to 2,411, with the death toll rising by 19.4 percent to 240. Fire fighters reportedly saved 207 people, and 225 sustained injuries. It should be noted that the agency revised its numbers downward several times at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":104001,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-182318","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Death toll from fires rising sharply in Belarus this year | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 4, Pozirk. 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