Man sets himself ablaze

A 47-year-old man died after setting himself on fire in Zhytkavichy, Homyel region, on July 27. As the Zhytkavichy District Prosecutor’s Office told BelaPAN, the man doused himself with gasoline and ignited the substance in the cellar of a residential building.

Rescuers were called to the scene after residents of the house noticed smoke coming out of the cellar. The man had died by the time the rescuers arrived.

A 53-year-old woman set herself alight and died in Homyel earlier this year.