- On Thursday afternoon, a large forest fire broke out near Orlovo.
- Due to the influence of the wind, the fire quickly spread to 12,000 square meters.
- 11 professional and 25 volunteer firefighters responded to the scene.
- Firefighters extinguished the fire without injuries, the cause of the fire is currently being investigated by experts.
Eleven professional and 25 volunteer firefighters with 14 pieces of equipment intervened on Thursday (April 23) afternoon during a forest fire in the cadastre of the Orlové district of Pavažskobystrica. The Regional Directorate of the Fire and Rescue Service (HaZZ) in Trenčín informed about it on the social network.
The fire was reported at about 5:00 p.m., the forest was burning on an area of about 300 square meters, due to the wind it spread to an area of up to 12,000 square meters. To intervene, members of the HaZZ from Považská Bystrica, Púchov, Trenčín and the Rescue Brigade of the HaZZ in Žilina were sent to intervene.
“In order to localize the fire, the firemen deployed six fire jets using genfovacs and simple fire extinguishers. After the fire was extinguished, shortly before 9:30 p.m., members of the HaZZ carried out a final monitoring and inspection of the fire site using a thermal imaging camera. the firemen inform.
In addition to professional firefighters, volunteer firefighters from the villages of Papradno, Brvnište, Dolná Mariková, Jasenica, Udiča and the city of Považská Bystrica also fought the fire. No one was injured in the incident, the cause of the fire is being investigated by experts.
