Emergency department of Karatal district reminds of "fire safety in residential buildings".
Fires in residential buildings are often caused by non-observance of simple fire safety rules, leaving burning stoves or electrical appliances unattended, using open fire to heat frozen pipes of heating systems, non-observance of fire safety rules during welding, careless handling of fire, and children playing with fire.
Resident fires in houses cause great material losses and sometimes lead to human deaths.
In order to prevent fires in residential buildings, it is necessary to maintain a strict fire prevention regime in apartments, basements, attics and household storage. The specified Premises are free from combustible materials, garbage, paper, etc. b. must be cleaned.
Attices and cellars must be kept locked at all times. Only certain groups of people are allowed to enter these premises.
The storage of flammable and combustible liquids, smoking, the use of blowers or the use of open flames are strictly prohibited in basements and attics.
When visiting basements, attics or household storage rooms, it is important to remember that only electric flashlights can be used for lighting. It is not allowed to organize household warehouses in the dimensions of stairwells, and to pile up passageways, corridors and exits with boxes, cabinets and other objects. It is strictly forbidden to light stoves using flammable and combustible liquids, to leave burning stoves unattended, to hand over their burners to minors. Before the start of the heating season, it is necessary to eliminate the malfunctions of the heating devices. You should know that it should have technically valid, rated fuses and should not have bare sections.
When you leave the house, all electrical devices should be switched off.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/zhetysu-karatal-eltai/press/news/details/971713?lang=kk