For residents of the Kharkiv area, dark smoke floating in the air became a regular sight. The deputy chief of the administration of the Kharkiv district, Yevhen Ivanov, explained that the city's services and the fire department care about securing roads, including the bypass, so that the fire does not come close the city. Worse still, the dry and windy weather that has been in the region since May has been importantly contributing to the fast spread of fires in large areas.
The fireman died.
In the territory of Kharkiv, 211 localities are straight threatened by fires. We effort to safe them by digging deep ditches around the buildings – described.
As Ivanov added, due to specified tactics of the Russian forces only in September, 1 firefighter died in Kharkov and 3 others were injured. The Russians frequently shoot 1 place twice. First time to start a fire, and second time a fire department arrives – explained the official.
Other fire victims
A week ago, Ukriformin's agency reported a fire in the Iziumu area, where the fire besides covered homes in Borowa Municipality. As a result, 4 people died and 2 others suffered burns. Police revealed that 2 displaced women and a couple of locals were among the victims.
They just didn't get distant - the flames spread at a mad rate “The head of the investigation department of the National Police territory of Cherkov, Serhiy Bolvinov, reported.
Another akin fire was carried out by the Russians on October 2. They shot up the Kupansk forestry in the Kharkiv region. As a result, there was a forest fire which already covered about 15 hectares – stated Kharkiv Times.
According to its website, the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine, by 1 September, the value of harm and failure in forest areas caused by war activities is 8.1 billion hryvnia, or about 760 million PLN. The largest losses were recorded in the Kharkiv region, where they amounted to over 3.3 billion hryvnia (about 31 million PLN).
