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Last day, during the period from 13 August of this year .06 .30 to 14 August  06.30, the National Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) received 36 calls – 16 to fire-extinguishing, 17 to rescue jobs, while three calls were deluded.

Yesterday at .09 .23 firefighters rushed to a call in Riga, where smoke came from the windows of a residential house I. On arrival at the site, it was found that food burned in the apartment of the two-story wooden residential house in 0,2 m2. Firefighters rescued a man through a window from a threatened apartment who had suffered and was handed over to medics of the Emergency Medical Service (NMPD). .At the 09.49 fire was liquidated.

In three other cases last night, fire-fighters rushed to summits where food was burning on a hot stove. . VUGD recalls: Take care when preparing and warming food ! Do not leave food on the switched stove unattended ! Set up smoke detectors in the housing that will warn you, enabling you to escape from threatened spaces and call fire rescuers by calling 112!

During the last day, fire-fighters also rushed to calls where garbage burned, in five cases lightweight cars, hay rolls, dry grass, shavings, the roof structure and silences of the residential house.

Prepared by: Prevention and Public Information Division