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9 Jan 2014

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Ukrinform

Emergencies agency names basic versions of Hartron plant fire in Kharkiv [Ukraine]

…Head of the State Emergencies Service Mykhailo Bolotskykh has said the agency is considering two main versions of the fire at Khartron factory in Kharkiv..."For today, there are two main versions of the causes of the fire...This is the violation of safety regulations, occupational safety rules, fire safety regulations, or in the aggregate all these factors, and definitely the human factor," Bolotskikh said. The official also noted that at the table, where rescuers found the dead bodies, there were containers with flammable substances, including those that are not used at the enterprise...[E]ight people were killed in a fire that broke out at a jewelry factory located on the territory of the Hartron production association in Kharkiv...Police opened criminal proceedings over the fact. The guilty persons face up to eight years of imprisonment.

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