Zhytomyr: a day in the newly increased number of fires in ecosystems

One day again in registered 5 fires in ecosystems, the fire covered 3.5 hectares. The head of the region Igor Rescue Service area residents Nikitchuk encourages joint efforts to counter fires in ecosystems. On the territory of this year in the Zhitomir region etc.yrodnyh ecosystems emerged 925 fires. As a result, the fire covered 1,455 hectares. This applies occupied dry grass fires on farmland, in forests and on torfopolyah. According to data DSNS Ukraine during the fire risk period In 2015 the number of fires in natural ecosystems Ukraine over analogchnym period last year increased 1.7 times (in 2015 - 17.5 thousand. fires on the area of ??18 thousand hectares. 2014 - 10.2 thousand. fires on the area of ??13.2 thousand. ha). The analysis shows that increasing the number of fires in natural ecosystems, against the background of a long period of abnormally dry and hot weather, due to the following factors: - Burning stubble, Luciusin, pastures, areas of steppe, wetland vegetation, its residues on agricultural land, the easement roads and railroads, parks, etc settlements; - Careless handling of fire (in particular, carelessness while smoking) and arson in many cases lead to the spread of fire in housetu homes in settlements to fires in forests and peatlands. "So counteract fires in ecosystems - a task primarily area residents, land owners, managers and forest users - said the head of rescue service region Igor Nikitchuk. - All must realize that the threat ofthe environment has inflicted and continues to inflict each in his agricultural activity or safe use of open sources of fire, breeding campfire. Even a cigarette butt thrown into the grass for a few seconds leads to corruption, and on and ignition of dry grass. I call personally the responsibility to treat dry burning banstanding, debris, remnants of plants and the use of open flames in the fire period that still continues. " This was reported in Zhytomyr Regional State Administration

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