Last day, during the period from 12 August of this year at .06 .30 to 13 August 06.30, the National Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) received 48 calls – 22 to fire-extinguishing, 19 on rescue jobs, while seven calls were mishandled.
This morning .06 .52 firefighters rushed to a call in Riga, where smoke came from the windows of a residential house. Upon arrival at the site, a bed and a total of 10 m2 of hay were found to be burning in the apartment of the two-story wooden residential house. A man who had suffered and was handed over to medics of the Emergency Medical Service (NMPD) was rescued from the burning apartment. At 08.23 fire was eliminated.
Yesterday at .20 .25 VUGD rushed to a call in Mārupe, where a two-story new building wall and a roof of 24 m2 burned. In the night, at 00.48 This heightened-hazard fire was eliminated.
Come on. .15 .53 an invitation was received in Rīga, where the fire had occurred in a multi-apartment residential house. At the site of the event, an apartment of 15 m2 was burning in the four-story building. Firefighters rescued two people from a threatened building using rescue masks . Come on. .18 .55 fire was eliminated . The smoke detector was not installed in the apartment where the fire accident had occurred.
Come on. .14 .54 VUGD received an invitation to Salaspils, where the roof of the new building was burning in 100 m2. One man jailed at the site of the event, who was handed over to NMPD mediators . Come on. .17 .35 fire was eliminated.
VUGD calls for the recall and care of fire safety at construction sites as well as recalls that as from 1 January 2020, smoke detectors must be installed in all dwellings, which will alert with a loud sound to the occurrence of interruptions and fire. . In addition, private houses must be provided with a fire extinguisher.
During the last day, fire-fighters also rushed to calls where waste burned, the ceilings of the production building and wiring lines, the power line support post, peat and trees, in three cases stubble of cereals, in two cases lightweight cars, dry grass, lighted food on a stove without supervision, wall of a building, moped.