In Vidzeme, there were 13 calls to firefighters and rescuers

During the past day, in the period from April 19 at 6.30 a.m. to April 20 at At 6:30 a.m., the Vidzeme Regional Administration of the State Fire and Rescue Service received 13 calls – ten for firefighting, two for rescue work, but one call was a hoax.

Yesterday at At 22.22 a call was received to Drabešu Parish of Cēsis County, where a barn with an area of ​​40 m² burned. at At 23.36 the fire was extinguished.

Yesterday at 20.49 firefighters and rescuers rushed to Burtnieku parish of Valmiera county, where a tractor burned in an area of ​​6 m². Before the arrival of VUGD, extinguishing was started, during which one person was injured and handed over to the Emergency Medical Service medics. at At 23.36 the burning was extinguished.

Yesterday at At 14.21 a call was received to Līgatne parish of Cēsi county, where a barn, household waste and dry grass on an area of ​​7312 m² burned. The fire was extinguished at 15.54.

Yesterday at 12.58 VUGD received a call to Ainazis of Limbažu county, where a one-story farm building with an area of ​​25 m² and a threshing floor with an area of ​​50 m² burned. at 15.11 work at the scene ended.

Yesterday at 09.08 a call was received to Ainažu parish of Limbažu county, where the outer wall of the first floor of a two-story house burned in an area of ​​0.5 m². Ainaž volunteer firemen’s association also worked at the scene. at At 09.54 the fire was extinguished.

Fires extinguished in the past 24 hours:

• Cēsi county, Līgatne parish a pile burned in an area of ​​3000 m²,
• Valmiera county Kauguru parish a pile burned in an area of ​​53 m²,
• Cēsis county, Cēsis a pile burned in an area of ​​97 m²,
• Madona county in Kalsnava parish dry grass on an area of ​​5 hectares and forest understory on an area of ​​2000 m² burned,
• Trapene parish of Smiltene county dry grass on an area of ​​5000 m² and tree stumps on an area of ​​6 m² were burning.

In the past 24 hours, VUGD received 87 calls in Latvia – 58 for firefighting, including 24 for firefighting in forest fires and seven for fighting forest fires, 17 for rescue work, but 12 calls were false.