On 7 October, five fires were registered in Irkutsk region, three caused by short circuits and two by careless handling of fire. In the morning in the village of Kharantsy, Olkhonsky district, a Fiat Ducatoⓘ motorhome caught fire on a beach; by the time firefighters arrived, it was fully engulfed over an area of 7.5 square metres. The owner, born in 1992, suffered burns to his hands and legs and was taken to a local district hospital. The open fire was extinguished within ten minutes; preliminary data indicate the cause was an emergency mode of the vehicle's electrical system.
