Five emergency calls in Vidzeme in one day, hangar fire in Ineši parish
The Vidzeme regional office of the State Fire and Rescue Service received five calls in the 24 hours up to the morning of 21 October. The largest incident was a metal hangar fire in Ineši parish, Cēsis municipality.
The Vidzeme regional office of Latvia's State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) received five calls in the 24 hours from 6:30 a.m. on 20 October to 6:30 a.m. on 21 October. The largest incident was a fire in Ineši parish, Cēsis municipality, where a metal building burned. VUGD is the state agency that responds to fires and rescue call-outs.
Calls in Vidzeme
Of the five calls, one was to extinguish a fire and three were for rescue work. The remaining one turned out to be a false alarm.
Fire in Ineši parish
On 20 October at 2:11 p.m. the service received a call to Ineši parish, where a single-storey metal hangar covering 500 square metres was on fire. The fire was put out at 10:45 p.m., so almost nine hours passed between the call and the end of the blaze. The source does not say what was stored in the hangar, what caused the fire or whether anyone was hurt.
Nationwide picture
Across Latvia, VUGD received 49 calls during the same 24 hours. Ten were to put out fires, 22 were for rescue work, and 17 were false alarms. Vidzeme's five calls make up a little over a tenth of the national total.
The service compiles information on its calls every day and publishes it as a daily summary.
