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Last day, during the period from 10 August of this year .06 .30 to 11 August  06.30, the State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) received 51 calls – 13 to the fire, including the deletion of one forest fire, 25 on rescue works, while 13 calls were malfunctions.

Yesterday at .18 .40 VUGD received an invitation to the district of Tukums, where the fire had occurred in the residential house. On arrival at the scene, fire-fighters found that a single-story wooden residential house was burning with an open flame in a full area of 60 m2, and the fire had already invaded the building. Fire fighters carried out a man from the burning building who was found dead by medics from the Emergency Medical Service (NMPD). . At the 22.50 fire was liquidated.

Come on at 11 .56 firefighters rushed to call in the Daugavpils municipality, where a passenger car and a garage of 35 m2 was burning. Man jailed in fire who was handed over to NMPD mediums. At14 .03 fire was eliminated.

Last night, fire-fighters also rushed to calls, where dry grass, hay pile, stubble, garden house, soot in flue, light car and garbage burned.

In Sigulda last night, fire-fighters lifted a man from the amelioration well a half-meter and handed over to NMPD medics.

By helping animals in a helpless state, the firefighters lifted a calf from a well in Cesvaine yesterday, released two birds stuck in the residential house between the padlocks, released a dog stuck in the residential house fence in Kuldīga, released a cat stuck between the elevator and the wall of the stairwell, but in the Suntaži  released a snake stuck in the back and released it into the forest.

Prepared by: Prevention and Public Information Division