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Goslisogenstvo: Since the beginning of the year in the forests of Ukraine liquidated almost 440 fires

According to operative data of the state agency of forest resources of Ukraine since the beginning of the year Workers of State forest protection have eliminated almost 440 fires on the area of 716 hectares in forests of state enterprises, institutions and organizations belonging to the sphere of management State Forestry.

Note that since the beginning of the year there were nine great forest fires in the area of 501.5 hectares, including the verkhovyna square of 123.5 hectares. The biggest fires were eliminated in the forests of Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson oblasts.

During July, an increase in the number of forest fires due to rising air temperature was recorded. Last month, eliminated 205 fires on the area of more than 560 hectares, including six great fires in the square 465 hectares.

The State forest protection continues to carry out preventive organizational measures to prevent the emergence of forest fires and their operative extinguishing.

According to T. V. The head of the state lisogenitanism Christine Yushkevych, the most common cause of forest fires is the human factor – an outstanding hearth, thrown by a shortage, etc. In addition, almost all forest fires start outside the forest areas – in adjacent territories bordering the forest.

The situation in the end of summer is especially acute when the population and different entities of the economy are burned by dry vegetation and its remnants on farmland, peat, bands of highways and railways, other adjacent Lands of forestry designation of plots. This is repeated from year to year,-stressed Christina Yushkevych.

Goslisogenstvo pays attention to the fact that in the considerable territory of Ukraine the level of fire hazard continues to remain high. Therefore urge citizens to abide by the rules of fire safety during their stay in the forest, but at the opportunity to refuse to visit the forest in the fire-hazardous period.

If you find fire in the forest, first of all you need to call to number 101. Also, in the state forestry, telephone lines are working around the clock, for which citizens can report on cases of fire in wood arrays. Numbers of these phones-(044) 235-56-20, 226-32-53.

Remember that only compliance with the elementary rules of fire safety will warn against tragic consequences!

Press-Service of State forestry