Are we burning or sunbathing? 63 “landscape” fires in Crimea since the beginning of June – alarming statistics

CrimeaPRESS reports:

Over the past 24 hours, fires were extinguished in the Bakhchisarai, Dzhankoy and Krasnogvardeysky districts.

Since the beginning of summer, every day employees of fire departments in Crimea go out to extinguish dry grass. The main cause of “landscape” fires is citizens’ disregard for fire safety rules.

Yesterday the duty crew of the IF of the village. Scientific extinguished a fire in an open area in the village. Rocky Bakhchisarai region on an area of ​​60 square meters. m. Fire station s. Pyatikhatka went to extinguish a dry grass fire in the village. Rovnoye, Krasnogvardeisky district, on an area of ​​280 sq. m. In the village In the Nizhny Novgorod Dzhankoy district, the fire was extinguished by the staff of the village fire control center. Roshchino on an area of ​​80 sq. m— reported the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Crimea.

Crimean firefighters remind that uncontrolled burning of dry vegetation can lead to dire consequences:

• The fire can develop into a large fire and spread to the forest.
• Fire threatens homes, infrastructure, farmland, etc.
• Ash does not penetrate the soil, remaining on the surface or being washed away by rain into rivers and reservoirs.
• Fire damages young shoots of grass and destroys plant buds and seeds.
• Beneficial microorganisms, insects, worms, small mammals, nesting and clutches of birds die.
• The flame destroys young woody shoots.
• The air is polluted with hydrocarbons, ash, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.

To avoid this, the following fire safety rules must be observed:

• Install a container of water and a fire extinguisher at each residential building;
• mow down last year’s dry vegetation on and near your site;
• do not leave containers with flammable and combustible liquids or flammable gases in open areas near buildings;
• if the land plot is located near a forest, ensure work to create fire-fighting mineralized strips;
• do not allow children to play with matches, lighters and other sources of open fire, because children’s pranks are one of the most common causes of fires.

In case of emergency, you must call 112!

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