{"id":194862,"date":"2026-07-08T12:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194862\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:30:11","slug":"belarus-reports-over-4000-fires-this-year","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194862\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus reports over 4,000 fires this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 8, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarusian rescue services have reported 4,014 fires across Belarus since January, 10.3 percent more than during the same period last year, according to <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> analysis of the data by the Ministry for Emergency Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten fires killed four people across Belarus over the past 24 hours. Since the start of the year, fires have claimed 326 lives, 6.2 percent more than in the same period last year, while the number of people injured has risen by nearly 29 percent to 391.<\/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\">Death toll from fires rising sharply in Belarus this year<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">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 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/182318\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 8, Pozirk. Belarusian rescue services have reported 4,014 fires across Belarus since January, 10.3 percent more than during the same period last year, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of the data by the Ministry for Emergency Management. Ten fires killed four people across Belarus over the past 24 hours. Since the start of the year, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":193730,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-194862","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>Belarus reports over 4,000 fires this year | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 8, Pozirk. 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