Over the past 24 hours, the Fire Department of the Republic of Crimea eliminated 14 fires in dry vegetation

CrimeaPRESS reports:

Due to dry and windy weather, a large number of fires are recorded on the peninsula every day. Basically, this is the burning of dry vegetation in open areas. Stopping a well-burnt “landscape” fire can be very difficult, rescuers say. The cause of such incidents is almost always the careless handling of fire by people. In such fires, the fire can quickly spread to residential buildings and damage infrastructure, so citizens should pay special attention to fire safety.

Yesterday at 14:36 ​​the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Crimea received a report of a fire in dry vegetation in the area of ​​the village. Shirokoye, Simferopol district. Dry grass and bushes were burning in the open area. Firefighters quickly laid hose lines and, using firecrackers and Ermak backpacks, began to extinguish the fire. According to fire officials, extinguishing was complicated by strong gusty winds, which changed its direction and contributed to the spread of the fire. Within 30 minutes the fire was localized and extinguished. The area was 500 sq. meters. There were no casualties. Experts are looking into the reasons.

At 22:20 the fire department’s operational control panel received the following signal about a fire in the area of ​​the village. Pleasant Date in Bakhchisarai region. The on-duty shift of the village PCH was sent to the scene of the incident. Postal State Institution of the Republic of Crimea «Fire Protection of the Republic of Crimea» consisting of 3 people, together with employees of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Republic of Crimea and the Bakhchisarai forestry and hunting enterprise. Upon arrival of fire crews, it became known that dry grass was burning in an open area outside the settlement. Firefighters promptly applied barrel “B” and within 20 minutes extinguished the fire on an area of ​​700 square meters. There were no injuries, experts are determining the cause.— said the emergency department.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Crimea reminds residents and guests of the peninsula that September 27-29 in the western, southern, central, eastern regions of Crimea will continue, and extreme fire danger is expected in the mountains. At the same time, a storm warning continues to be in force on the territory of the Republic on September 27 increased northeast wind gusts up to 25 m/s. Also, From July 8th A special fire regime has been introduced throughout the entire peninsula.

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