The version of the negligence of persons responsible for the protection of construction sites in the area of ??Nizhny Novgorod Street, where the fire began, law enforcers is not discounted. However, now, as stated in the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs, there were serious reasons to believe that it was deliberate arson that caused the raging fire element in the aftermath.

"Employees of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Rostov region on the fact of the fire of residential houses in the street of the Nizhny Novgorod city of Rostov-on-Don a criminal case on the basis of the offense provided for in part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation" Deliberate destruction or damage to property " In the agency's release.

In this regard, there are two issues on the agenda: who exactly launched the red cock on the territory of the residential complex "Quiet Flows the Don" on the long-suffering Nizhny Novgorod and why so long local law enforcement officers were swinging with the version of deliberate arson if dozens of local residents As early as the day of the accident? Why two weeks in a row were worn, as with a written baggage, with a version of criminal negligence, trying to dump all the blame on the mountain-guards construction? As long as the answers remain in brackets. There are only assumptions.

It's no secret that throughout August the Rostov region suffocates from steppe fires. August 26, the main Russian rescuer Vladimir Puchkov outlined to President Vladimir Putin is not the most rosy situation. Important was the fact that in a conversation with the president the head of the Ministry of Emergency Measures complained about the likelihood of arson. The President instructed the Ministry of Internal Affairs to deal with the problem and to consider the version of intentional arson as a priority.

Even before the fire in Rostov-on-Don, residents of that very private sector, which, in fact, burned out completely, complained to the police and the media that they are threatened by certain people who were represented by realtors. All their visits boiled down to the following: residents were asked to sell their homes. And for all the pittance. Mysterious visitors transparently hinted to the owners of the dwelling that, going back on the back they are very at risk of being simply burned along with all their belongings and households.

These facts, law enforcement officers, when instituting criminal proceedings under the article "willful arson", tried to take into account as much as possible. Which reflected in its release: The investigators are considering variants of both a technogenic nature, and including the human factor, during the investigation, policemen installed and questioned realtors who allegedly came to the residents and tried to buy from them land, documents from real estate companies were removed from the real estate companies. Are studied, - the site of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Rostov region ".

To date, a specially created investigative and operational group interviewed about 400 people from among the affected local residents.

So there was arson - the goal to free up land for new construction? Or ignition someone's ridiculous joke or carelessness with the game of fire? A number of experts believe that setting the house on fire to free the land for building is a typical practice for many Russian cities.

The activist of the public movement "Arhnadzor" Alexei Novichkov spoke about a similar scenario in Rostov. True, in Rostov the Great, that in the Yaroslavl region.

"The developer asked for a plot near the local Kremlin, but the mayor's office suggested another. They insisted. And last year "by a fluke" with the difference in a week 3 monuments of architecture on this place someone set fire to ", - told Novichkov.

As the activist complains, there are plenty of such cases in the camp. And the further development of events is one and completely foreseeable: the cases are being filed, but the guilty, as a rule, are not found. In extreme cases, they become homeless, who wanted to build bonfires and in those houses that interfere with investors.

The tragedy in the center of Rostov-on-Don happened on August 21. The fire occurred in new buildings and instantly spread to the nearby private sector. The fire was extinguished for over 24 hours by 2,000 firefighters and soldiers of internal troops. 231 units of equipment were brought in, including from neighboring regions. Several aircraft and helicopters also participated in the extinguishment.

Movement in the center was paralyzed, and the city itself for a day covered a thick smoke screen. As a result of state of emergency, because of the raging fire element killed one person. Hundreds of victims were hospitalized with burns of varying severity. The fire burned about 120 houses.

The version of arson immediately after the fire was voiced by the affected local residents. In addition, as stated in the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the region, the main version of the cause of the fire is "the introduction of an external source of ignition".