Vidzeme Rescue Service Gets 38 Calls in a Day, Including Torn-Off Roof in Smiltene
Latvia's State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) in the Vidzeme region received 38 calls between 6:30 on 9 November and 6:30 on 10 November. In Smiltene, firefighters dismantled a torn-off roof structure on a public building.
The Vidzeme regional office of Latvia's State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) received 38 calls between 6:30 on 9 November and 6:30 on 10 November. One of them was in Smiltene, where firefighters dismantled a torn-off sheet-metal roof structure on a two-storey public building. The source gives no information about any casualties in that case.
Over the 24 hours, 11 calls concerned firefighting, including one forest fire. Another 14 were rescue operations, while 13 turned out to be false alarms.
Fire in Jeri Parish
At 14:53 the service received a call to Jeri Parish in Valmiera Municipality. In a three-storey apartment building, household items were burning over 16 square metres in a second-floor flat. Firefighters rescued three people, and four more had left the building before the service arrived. The firefighters' work at the scene ended at 17:32.
VUGD notes that firefighters did not hear a smoke detector alarm in any of the building's homes.
Other calls
Crews in the Vidzeme region also attended Gaides Street in Valmiera, where an unattended pile of leaves was on fire. The information on the Vidzeme calls was provided by Sandra Vējiņa, senior inspector at the service's Public Education and Information Division within the Prevention Department.
