Lviv firefighters fighting fires of peat
August 9 at 9:32 to the rescue was reported that in the city. Sokal district Belz arose burning peat in the area of ??1000 sq.m .. Burning eliminated throughout the area. The fire was extinguished at 18:20. At 12:18 it was reported that in the village. Hamaliyivka Pustomiti arose burning peat Square40 sq.m .. At 18:38 combustion eliminated throughout the area. At 14:45 in the village. Oplitsko Radehiv district there were some pockets of burning peat on an area of ??500 sq.m .. Burning eliminated throughout the area at 18:03. Also, firefighters continue to eliminate peat fire which occurred on August 5 in the village. Nowhere Sokal district. Peat burns slowly the entire slabwell its occurrence. Peat fires often cover large areas and difficult to extinguish when the burning peat layer of considerable thickness. Peat can burn across the board, regardless of the direction and strength of winds and the soil under it burns even during moderate rain and snowfall. Peat fires are moving slowly, several meters a day, and highlightsthe fact that they are almost impossible to extinguish. They are dangerous sudden breakthroughs fire from the ground and the fact that their land is not always visible. Sign underground peat fires are characteristic smell of burning, sometimes from the ground seeping smoke, and the earth is hot. Peat burns inside, forming voids, which can fail and burn. The temperature in the thickness torfu covered by fire, over a thousand degrees. Keep peat fire alone is not recommended. The best party around it, moving against the wind, so that it will not have caught up with fire and smoke and do not interfere navigate the terrain. One must carefully inspect the road in front of him, probing it with Tychyna or palytseyu.Naykraschymposobom fighting peat fires is considered to prevent them.Source: http://artlife.rv.ua/