In Khmelnytsky rescuers eliminated peat fire
17 August at 13:02 to promptly clearing the Main Directorate DSNS in the Khmelnitsky region received information that in the village. Masivtsi Khmelnitsky region emerged peat burning in open areas. Immediately place to call rescuers arrived 25 State Fire ryatuvtial office Art. Bogdanovka firefighters and local fire brigade with. Masivtsi that fire area of ??500 square meters. m localized at 13:18, eliminated at 13:29. Before fire suppression involved: technique, adapted for the delivery of water and Tractor local resident. ACCIDENTS fire was. The likely cause of the fire – spontaneous combustion of peat.Peat has the ability to occur at a depth of ten meters from the ground, and thus combustion can take without attracting attention for a long time. General Directorate DSNS Ukraine in Khmelnytsky region encourages people to be careful and not to be near the dangerous places, as peat fires endanger failure in subsectionrohorilyy ground people and technology. Peat is slowly burns the entire depth, which can reach 6-8 meters and more. In these areas after burnout is a high temperature, so the person provalyvshys may die. That is why the State Emergency Service of Ukraine appeals to citizens asking them not to provoke fire in the Ekosystem, forests and observe basic safety rules during outdoor recreation. PG DSNS Ukraine in Khmelnytsky regionSource: http://artlife.rv.ua/