The First Victims of Spring Ice

On March 6 at 15:49, rescuers received a report about a person in distress on Lake Ikazn, near the village of Kolesniki in the Braslav district.

Upon arrival at the scene, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations found the body of a drowned woman, a pensioner born in 1956, at a distance of 20 meters from the shore. From the circumstances of the incident, it is known that the woman and a married couple were fishing on the lake during the day and, while returning to the shore, fell through the ice. The couple managed to get to the shore on their own, but they could not assist their drowning acquaintance.

On the same day, at 18:07, Braslav rescuers responded to a report of cries for help from the waters of Lake Snudy near the village of Zasnudye in the Braslav district. Rescuers who arrived at the scene saved two men born in 1958 and 1955 from a distance of about 500 meters from the shore. Both men, residents of the city of Minsk, were hospitalized.

At 12:52, Braslav rescuers were dispatched in response to a report of a drowned person on Lake Bohinskoye near the village of Stavrovo, Dalekovsky Rural Council. The body of the drowned fisherman, a man born in 1965, was found by OSVOD employees at a distance of 50 meters from the shore and retrieved from the water. From the circumstances of the drowning, it is known that the man went fishing on March 6. His neighbor reported to the police when he could not find him at home the next day.

On March 9, the Braslav Emergency Situations Center received a report about a drowned man and woman on Lake Vysokoye near the village of Strukany in the Braslav district. OSVOD employees retrieved the bodies of two citizens from the bottom of the lake, and they were not wearing life jackets.

Rescuers urge winter fishing enthusiasts to postpone their favorite activity until the next ice formation. The ice on the waters is rapidly melting, its thickness is less than 7 cm and does not allow for safe access to its surface. Save your life – do not go out on the ice!