Vidzeme fire service gets 11 calls in three days: house and sauna fires in Madona area, body recovered from pond
Latvia's State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) regional office for Vidzeme received 11 calls between 30 October and 2 November. A house attic and a sauna burned in Madona municipality, and a dead person was recovered from a pond in Ērgļi parish.
The Vidzeme regional office of Latvia's State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) received 11 calls between 6:30 on 30 October and 6:30 on 2 November. Five were for firefighting, four for rescue operations, and two turned out to be false alarms.
Madona municipality
On Friday at 10:44, the service was called to Kalsnava parish, where the attic of a single-storey residential house was burning over an area of 30 m². Two people left the building before firefighters arrived. Work at the scene ended at 13:42. Firefighters were also needed that day in Dzelzava parish, where waste was burning over 2 m².
On Saturday at 23:05, a call came in for Raiņa Street in Madona, where a single-storey sauna was on fire over 45 m². The fire was extinguished at 1:02.
On 30 October, a dead person was recovered from a pond in Ērgļi parish and handed over to State Police officers.
Limbaži municipality
On Saturday, firefighters went to Salacgrīva parish, where waste was burning over 2 m². On Sunday, a call came from Limbaži parish, where the electronics and upholstery of a passenger car burned over 0.5 m². The fire was out before VUGD arrived.
Nationwide
Across Latvia, VUGD received a total of 124 calls over the period. Of these, 37 were for firefighting, including one forest fire, 52 were for rescue work, and 35 were false alarms.
