Fire service gets 32 calls in a day: factory fire in Riga, house fire in Jūrmala

Latvia's State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) received 32 calls in the 24 hours from 6:30 on 2 November to 6:30 on 3 November. Nine were for fires, 13 for rescue operations, and ten turned out to be false alarms.

Production building fire in Riga

Shortly after 5 a.m., crews were called to Tvaika Street in Riga, where the roof covering of a production building was burning over 2,000 m², along with a production room of 250 m². The building's total area is 7,500 m². By 7:29 a.m. the spread of this high-hazard fire had been contained, and shortly before 7 p.m., after several hours of work, firefighters finished at the scene.

Residential house fire in Jūrmala

At 11:14 p.m. a call came in for Andreja Upīšu Street in Jūrmala. A two-storey residential house of 160 m² and a 20 m² extension were on fire. The fire was localised at 1:19 a.m., and work at the scene ended at 6:56 a.m.

Fuel-like slick on a lake

In Drusti parish, Smiltene municipality, a slick resembling fuel was found on a lake. Absorbent booms were placed over roughly 150 metres. Staff of the State Environmental Service also worked at the scene.

Other fires

Elsewhere, firefighters put out fires in three passenger cars, soot in a residential chimney, food left unattended on a switched-on stove, a garden house, an electric stove and rubbish.