Over the past 24 hours, Crimean firefighters went out to extinguish dead wood fires five times

CrimeaPRESS reports:

Careless handling of fire by citizens is the main cause of “landscape” fires. Crimean firefighters emphasize: in most cases, this is the burning of dry vegetation in open areas. Thus, over the past 24 hours, employees of the State Institution of the Republic of Crimea “Fire Protection of the Republic of Crimea” went out 5 times to extinguish fires of dead wood.

Yesterday at 20:20 the control panel of the emergency department on duty received a message about the fire of dry vegetation in an open area in the area of ​​the village. Dolinny Kirovsky district.

Police personnel from the village were sent to the scene of the incident. Greetings from the State Institution of the Republic of Crimea “Fire Protection of the Republic of Crimea” and the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Republic of Crimea. Upon arrival, firefighters quickly laid hose lines and completely extinguished the fire within 3 hours. Backpack fire extinguishers were also used to extinguish it. The area was 500 sq. meters. According to employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Crimea, extinguishing the fire was complicated by strong gusty winds, which contributed to the rapid spread of the flames, and a large amount of tall, dense, dry vegetation. There were no casualties. Experts find out the reasons— reported the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Crimea.

In addition, yesterday at 21:14 the Ministry of Emergency Situations received information about a fire in the area of ​​the village. Kormovoy Razdolnensky district — dry grass was burning in an open area outside the settlement. Employees of the emergency department carried out a combat deployment and brought barrel “B” into the burning zone. Within half an hour, the fire was extinguished over an area of ​​500 square meters. meters. There were no casualties. Experts are looking into the reasons.

Dead wood fires were also extinguished in Simferopol, Krasnogvardeysky and Dzhankoy districts.

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