According to him, the ministry’s 112 and 101 hotlines received 7629 fire calls in 2012. 56 persons died as a result of the fires last year. 8 of them were children, 30 – men and 18 – women.
One fire occurred at a boarding-school last year. In 2012, totally fire blazed up at 8 secondary schools and 6 kindergartens.
The deputy minister called on heads of educational institutions to give much attention to the fire cases and other emergency situations.