Firefighters responded to 13 fires and 41 incidents last week
Firefighters affiliated to the General Directorate of Police extinguished 13 fires last week and intervened in 41 different incidents.
According to the fire department report covering April 3-9 in the TRNC, as a result of 13 fires, 6 in Nicosia, 2 in Famagusta, and one each in Girne, Güzelyurt, Gemikonağı, İskele and Yeşilköy, approximately 601 thousand 500 TL of damage was incurred.
In the report, the possible causes of the aforementioned fires are as follows: “short circuit, contact of the fuel leaking from the engine compartment with hot parts, burning for cleaning purposes, sparks and embers igniting the dry grass from the private company employee in the courtyard of the house, igniting the garbage by the sparks from the spiral machine, motor vehicle by the owner of the lighter that does not go out in the wind and put it in the bag when it is active, a cigarette butt that is thrown out without extinguishing, burning by pouring flammable material, sparks falling from the electric wires colliding with each other with the effect of the wind ignite the dry grass.
Service incidents in which the fire brigade intervened; “Rescuing the persons trapped in the elevator, rescuing the cats stuck in the plumbing pipe, stuck on the roof of the house and on the tree, rescuing the dogs that fell into the well, special duty, fire training, taking precautions against the fire, school visit to the fire department and forensic investigation of the persons who lost their lives. transferred to the morgue”.
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Last week in North Cyprus, firefighters from the General Directorate of Police dealt with 13 fires and intervened in 41 other incidents. The report covering April 3-9 showed that the fires caused an estimated TL 601,500 ($70,400) in damages. The causes given were short circuits, contact between leaky fuel and hot parts of engines, burning for cleaning purposes, sparks from machines catching hold of dry grass, wind-fanned sparks and embers, and cigarette butts. The firefighters also rescued people and animals, trained more people, undertook forensic investigations, and provided services to public organisations.
