In Khmelnytsky rescuers eliminated peat fire
24 August at 9:54 to promptly clearing the Main Directorate DSNS in Khmelnytsky region was reported that near the village. Great Kolyban Khmelnitsky region emerged peat burning in open areas. Immediately place to call rescuers arrived 25 state fire trucks mountezhno rescue post st.Bohdanivtsi and 37th state of the Fire and Rescue meters. Khmelnitsky, which fire area of ??0.9 hectares localized at 10:14, eliminated at 10:21. In addition to fire suppression has been involved adapted to resupply water local agricultural equipment. The likely cause of the fire – spontaneous combustion of peat. Accident droppeddkiv was not on fire. 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 createNumber danger of failure of ground burned 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 not claimrovokuvaty fire in ecosystems, the forests and observe basic safety rules during outdoor recreation. PG DSNS Ukraine in Khmelnytsky regionSource: http://artlife.rv.ua/