The mining farm caused a fire in a high -rise building near St. Petersburg – Bits Media

The mining farm caused a fire in an eight -story apartment building in the middle of the city of Gatchina Leningrad Region.

The incident occurred in a one -room apartment, As a result of the fire, the kitchen and all the equipment for mining were burned there. Arriving at the place of the EMERCO Outfit hastily evacuated 15 inhabitants of the entrance. The fire managed to extinguish in less than 10 minutes, They assure the Russian Ministry of Emergencies in the Leningrad region.

Fortunately, no one was injured in the fire. Local authorities still establish the amount of damage caused, as well as the exact causes and circumstances of the incident.

Wiring in residential buildings is not designed to connect powerful mining equipment, Therefore, such fires often occur, They say in the Ministry of Emergencies.

In February, a resident of the Irkutsk region died during a fire in the bath, where installed equipment for cryptocurrency mining. Recently Irkutskenergosbyt reported, that the number of lawsuits filed against the court against underground miners exceeded 1000. Wherein 600 claims in the amount 260 million rubles have already been satisfied.