Fire in Jelgava production workshop extinguished
A fire broke out on Sunday, 1 November, in a single-storey production workshop on Sporta Street in Jelgava, Latvia. Firefighters finished work at the scene after more than three hours.
A fire broke out on Sunday, 1 November, in a single-storey production workshop on Sporta Street in Jelgava, a city in Latvia's Zemgale region. The information comes from the State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD), the national body that extinguishes fires and carries out rescue operations.
The service received the call at 2:26 p.m. The fire covered 165 square metres, burning the intermediate floor structure, sawdust insulation and roof structures. Firefighters completed their work at the scene at 5:56 p.m., meaning the operation lasted about three and a half hours. The source does not say whether anyone was hurt, what caused the fire or how much damage it did.
Call statistics
Between 6:30 a.m. on 30 October and 6:30 a.m. on 2 November, the Zemgale regional office of the VUGD received 16 calls. Five were to extinguish fires, nine were for rescue operations and two were false alarms.
Across the country, the service received 124 calls over these days. Of these, 37 were to extinguish fires, including one forest fire. Another 52 were rescue calls, while 35 turned out to be false alarms.
