During the past day, in the period from March 2 at 6.30 a.m. until March 3 at At 6.30, the Vidzeme regional administration of the State Fire and Rescue Service received six calls – one for firefighting and five for rescue work.
At half past ten in the morning after a traffic accident Bilska parish of Smiltene county firefighters rescued one person from the crashed minibus and handed him over to the Emergency Medical Service medics.
In the afternoon Madona county in Laudon parish soot was burning in the chimney of a one-story residential house in an area of 1 m².
In the evening Valmiera county in Mazsalac waste was burned in an open area in an area of 2 m².
During the entire 24-hour period in Latvia, VUGD received 37 calls – 16 for firefighting, 16 for rescue work, but five calls were false.
