Animals and reptiles die in fire. Fire destroys nesting sites and clutches of birds. Birds leave burnt areas. Insects burn. Many forest fires start due to grass burning. Peatlands can burn at great depths underground. Burning dry grass depletes the species composition of meadow vegetation. Fires cause fires in residential buildings and outbuildings. Even people die.
For burning dry vegetation, standing grass, as well as stubble and crop residues in fields or failure to take measures to eliminate fires on land plots, administrative liability is provided in the form of a fine of 10 to 40 base values. (Article 15.57 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus), for lighting fires in prohibited places - a fine of up to 12 base values. or a warning (Article 15.58 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus).
