The residents of Mykolaiv did not follow the rules of fire safety, the State Emergency Service reported 42 fires per day

Fire in the Mykolaiv Region on August 19, photo: State Emergency Service of the Mykolaiv Region

Yesterday, August 19, 42 fires broke out in the Mykolaiv region, one of which was caused by shelling.

This was reported in the Main Department of the State Service for Emergency Situations in the Mykolaiv Region.

According to the rescuers, a 1-hectare area of dry land on the territory of the Kutsurub community caught fire due to enemy shelling. Another nine fires broke out in the residential sector. There were no casualties. Cars were also engaged twice in the Pervomaisk and Voznesensk districts.

As for fires of dry grass, garbage, bushes, and harvest residues in open areas, 30 cases were registered. Fire and rescue units had to control the fire on a total area of more than 32 hectares.

«Even though summer is coming to an end, our citizens have not started to follow the rules of fire safety. The same mistakes: burning garbage in open areas «But it won't reach our houses» — hope for woe-pals, cluttering of backyards with shrubs, smoking cigarettes in hot weather in natural ecosystems, and even deliberate fires that do not lend themselves to human logic, says the message.

Fire in the Mykolaiv Region on August 19, photo: State Emergency Service of the Mykolaiv Region

Fire in the Mykolaiv Region on August 19, photo: State Emergency Service of the Mykolaiv Region

Fire in the Mykolaiv Region on August 19, photo: State Emergency Service of the Mykolaiv Region

Outside the settlement, in the Bereznehuvate community, leafy flooring (0.9 hectares) and forest plantations (2 hectares) were planted in the «Rossadnyk» tract.

Department 9 of the state fire-rescue unit, auxiliary equipment for the delivery of water from the state enterprise «Bereznehuvatske LG» and a tractor with a harrow from the farm «Orbita» were involved in extinguishing the fire to create fire-fighting lanes in order to prevent the spread of flames.

Fire in the Mykolaiv Region on August 19, photo: State Emergency Service of the Mykolaiv Region

Fire in the Mykolaiv Region on August 19, photo: State Emergency Service of the Mykolaiv Region

Fire in the Mykolaiv Region on August 19, photo: State Emergency Service of the Mykolaiv Region

We will remind you that during August 18 and on the night of August 19, 42 fires broke out in Mykolaiv and the region, of which 35 were connected with the burning of dry grass, harvest residues, reeds and garbage with a total area of more than 35 hectares.