Two people rescued from fires over the weekend in Latvia, one injured
Latvia's State Fire and Rescue Service received 130 call-outs over three days. Firefighters rescued two people from fires, one of whom was injured.
Latvia's State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) received 130 call-outs between 6:30 on 6 November and 6:30 on 9 November. Of these, 34 were for fires, 63 for rescue work and 35 turned out to be false alarms. Over the weekend, firefighters rescued two people from fires, and one of them was injured.
Fires in Riga
On Saturday at 9:24, a call came in to Ziemeļu Street in Riga, where household items were burning over 15 m² in a third-floor flat of a five-storey residential building. Eleven people evacuated, and firefighters rescued one person. The injured person was handed over to the Emergency Medical Service (NMPD), and the fire was extinguished at 11:39.
On Sunday evening on Purvciema Street, household items burned over 0.2 m² in a sixth-floor flat of a nine-storey building. One person was rescued from the smoke-filled rooms, and the premises were checked and ventilated.
Other fires
On Friday evening in Dobele, on Ādama Street, soot burned in the chimney of a two-storey house, and two people evacuated. On Saturday in Ropaži parish, the roof, intermediate floor and heating room of a two-storey house burned over 26 m², and three people evacuated. Overnight in Tīnūži parish, Ogre municipality, a wall burned over 1 m² in a single-storey sauna, and two people evacuated.
Accidents and search operations
On Saturday morning in Riga, on Ropažu Street, a tram and a car collided; firefighters used hydraulic tools to free the injured person and handed them to medics. In Rožupe parish, Līvāni municipality, they freed an injured person from a car that had driven into a ditch. In Lielvārde, on Raiņa Street, a car slid off the road and hit a house wall; five people got out on their own, and the injured were taken to NMPD transport.
In Ērģeme parish, Valka municipality, two people lost in a bog were found using coordinates they sent. In Maļinova parish, Augšdaugava municipality, two people lost in a forest were found, carried out on a rescue board and handed to NMPD medics.
