A. Lysenko

Summary

The article deals with the problematic issues that arise during conducting forensic examinations and expert investigations on fires, the causes of which are associated with emergency modes in the work of electrical equipment and electrical networks. The article also describes the disadvantages that are typical for fixing the situation on the site of a fire during initial investigative actions.

The statement in the article allows us to conclude that in conducting primary investigative actions on the site of a fire, in order to obtain a full and qualitative result in the further transfer of collected materials for conducting forensic examination, it is necessary to involve in the inspection of the scene of the incident and close interaction at the same time of specialists in different areas of knowledge.