Police claim car fires were not arson
“It was self-ignition”.
The Minsk’s Emergencies Department also confirmed this information. It said no single arson case was reported in the capital city this year.
What should you do if your car is on fire? It appears nothing much can be done, it takes just two minutes for a vehicle to burn down. Even fire-fighters will not manage to arrive on time.
“Call 101 and that’s it. Cars burn within two minutes, and you will not be able to do anything afterwards. You need to use an extinguisher that should be available in your car”, an emergencies officers told the European Radio for Belarus on a hot line.
Quite surprisingly, the hysteria surrounding the burned vehicles has almost not affected Belarusian celebrities. They don’t really care much, because their cars are insured. Singer Ina Afanasyeva says:
“In the first place, my car is insured. Secondly, I leave it at a parking lot. You know, one should worry about people, not machines”.
Artiste Alexander Tsikhanovich also had his car insured. But since he fixes by himself, he hopes the vehicle would not self-ignite.
“My car is insured. Let the insurance company be worried. Means of caution? Well, I will grab a stick and start fighting. What else can I do? I maintain my car by myself, because I drive carefully. My money is still enough”.
FC Dinamo Minsk coach Alexander Khatskevich parks his car in a parking. However, he still thinks that his vehicle is not insured from accidents. Therefore, Alexander is ready to fight for his vehicle.
“I don’t have a baseball bat lying around, but I can defend myself in principle”.
Just to remind, “pyromaniacs” recently appeared in Hrodna where three cars were put on fire. By the way, back in 2000, a pyromaniac burned down nine vehicles in Leninski District of Minsk. In 1998, at least 16 cars were damaged by arsonists. Leave alone Moscow where six cars could be burned within one hour. Today, Belarusians should seemingly not be worried.
