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A suspect in burning grass in Gelendzhik was detained by local police officers. The relevant check is underway.
Law enforcement officers detained a possible culprit who caused the fire in Gelendzhik. Currently, 1.5 hectares are engulfed in flames.
"It has been preliminarily established that a 40-year-old local resident, being on the territory of his household in the area of Bobrukovskaya Shchel, Gelendzhik District, provoked a fire in the leaf litter, while preparing an electrical cable for sale,”
- the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Krasnodar Territory informs.