Rivne, firefighters prevented the explosion of gas cylinder in the car «Audi 80»
July 20 at 18:50 to Rescue a number of Rivne « 101 » received information about a car fire « Audi 80 » on the road between the villages of sand and Yasnobir Kostopil area. At the address promptly went Parterhovyy guard 19 th State Fire and Rescue parts. Upon arrival call rescuers met the driver of the vehicle and reported that his vehicle is equipped with LPG equipment. Flame ’ I was gaining strength, but because there was a real danger of explosion. Firefighters immediately warned all drivers of other vehicles that werepresent at the scene of a fire, from ’ go to a safe distance. Meanwhile, rescuers have filed for one gas cylinder cooling water barrel. More than half an hour took soldiers of the State Service of the National Assembly to curb flame ’ I and prevent the explosion. At 19:25 the fire was localized and extinguished at 19:36. The injured and victims of the events Mr.emaye. The fire destroyed the car. According to the driver, smoke and tongues of flame ’ i that escaped from under the hood the car he noticed while driving on the highway. Stop the vehicle alone tried using improvised fire extinguisher and put out the fire. However, the desired results are not produced and a man called rescuers. Previous inmagnitude of fire, electrical engine short circuit Rescuers remind drivers of the basic rules of safe behavior during a fire in the vehicle. The machine is able to completely burn for 3-4 minutes, so in such cases must act quickly. You must immediately stop the car on the roadside and turn off the engine, put the car on the parking brake, get out of transportto help the passengers to leave the interior of the vehicle and at a safe distance away, call the emergency services by calling 101 if possible use the fire extinguisher (but not when the focus is in the area of ??fire tank – explosion can occur). PG DSNS in Rivne regionSource: http://artlife.rv.ua/