Firefighting efforts continue for second day on peat bog near Hostomel in Kyiv region
A peat fire has been extinguished for two days near the village of Hostomel, Bucha district, Kyiv region.
The Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in Kyiv Region reported this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.
The peat fire was discovered on Saturday, April 19, in the area of a dacha cooperative. The area of the fire was three hectares.
“For the second day, the 53rd State Fire and Rescue Post of Hostomel and the 35th State Fire and Rescue Unit of Bucha have been working at the scene,” the State Emergency Service informs.
The State Emergency Service noted that 351 fires occurred in the ecosystem of Ukraine over the past day on an area of more than 377 hectares. In particular, 66 fires were extinguished in Kyiv region over the past day. In Kharkiv and Zhytomyr regions - 34 fires each.
In total, since the beginning of the year, 21,577 ecosystem fires have already occurred.
The SES urged citizens not to burn dry vegetation.
“Such actions destroy the ecosystem, kill animals and can cost human lives,” the rescuers emphasized.
As Ukrinform reported earlier, two deaths were recorded in Pereyaslav and Mostyshche, Kyiv region, as a result of fires caused by burning dry vegetation.