In Zhytomyr region continues fire extinguishing peat
28 August at 11:10 in Service of rescue "101" received a message about the fire of peat in a field near the village Dubrovich Olevsky district. About it reports Management DSNS Ukraine in Zhytomyr region. Call came from local residents who discovered the fire. The scene left the two on duty guards soldiers 17 th State fire and rescue unit and the 31st professional firefighter post. They found that the land reserve Dubravitskoy village Council, near the road Kyiv – Kovel, burning peat with a total area of 1.5 hectares. the efforts of the firefighters at 13:00 the fire has already been localized. 22:00 13 men personnel rescue using tank trucks and pump the hose managed to eliminate burning on the area of 0,8 hectares. Now ongoing liquidation of ignition of peat still on the area of 0.7 ha. to the aid of rescuers had joined in place of the population. This was reported in the Zhytomyr regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
