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In Karelia - strong natural fires. There are thousands of hectares in the fire, residents extinguish the forest with rescuers, there are not enough equipment
The main thing about the disaster, because of which people are evacuated, and the streets of Petrozavodsk and Segezhi covered the smell of Gary.
Since the beginning of July, natural fires are raging in Karelia: by July 20, their area reached almost six thousand hectares, rescuers reported 39 foci of fire. The inhabitants of Petrozavodsk and Segezhi complain about the smell of Gary and was able to, and the village of Naystenyarvi had to be evacuated, as the fire came too close to the houses.
The authorities of the region are talking about monitoring the situation, but local residents report a lack of technology and tightening the beginning of rescue operations. Firefighters from neighboring regions come to the aid of Karelia, the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry arrived at the scene of the emergency. TJ tells the main thing about the situation in the republic.
What is the cause of large -scale fires
The cause of the disaster, the Ministry of Natural Resources of Karelia considers atmospheric drought - a rare natural phenomenon recorded in the region for the first time. During it, there is an insufficient amount of precipitation, high temperature and reduced humidity. The consequence of the soil and forest litter becomes, which leads to fires.
Since June 18, precipitation did not fall in Karelia, and the daily air temperature did not fall below +25 degrees. Fire hazard indicators exceeded the average long -term values in six regions of the republic. This led not only to the appearance of fires, but also to their rapid distribution, they note in Roshydromet.
The head of Karelia, Arthur Parfenchikov, in the first place, among the causes of fires, puts the human factor, and only then - atmospheric drought and “dry thunderstorms” (another rare occurrence when there is no rain during a thunderstorm). According to the official, there is so far there is no hope of changing weather conditions, so the situation with fires "can last a long time."
What happens in cities and villages of Karelia and how the authorities react to this
- Since July 14, a regime of increased readiness has been introduced in Karelia, in the Suoyarvsky and Segezhsky districts and on the territory of the Essolian rural settlement there are emergency modes.
- About 600 people were evacuated from the settlements of Karelia. The inhabitants left the village of Naystenyarvi, where the fire spread to three houses. The evacuation was announced by the head of Karelia, but the locals told Mediazone that they left on their own.
- “There was some kind of bus, but the locals say that no one evacuated them today. And the fire spread to the village, they were already burning at home, ”the mediazone correspondent from the village said.
- On the evening of June 18, the head of Karelia announced control over the situation and noted that “several old buildings on the outskirts of the station in the forest” burned down. The volunteers called him the words “from the first word to the last” and stated that the help was late for several hours.
- “There were no fire engines. There was only one, but everyone was waiting for the order. No one wanted to take responsibility. The fire train stood at the station, but suddenly he was recalled in a “more necessary” place. There were even local residents there, ” wrote Volunteer Katya Selezneva.
- A local resident Julia told the Daily provinces, as people asked for help in extinguishing a fire from the rescuers who came, but they were replied that “everything is under control, not a rally”, while the fire flared up. Residents believe that if the authorities reacted immediately, then the disaster would not have happened.
- Despite the messages of the authorities about the improvement of the situation, on the night of July 20, the fire area next to Naystenarvi increased to 1 thousand hectares.
- Parfenchikov instructed the local authorities to prepare settlements for a possible threat: to mow grass, remove garbage from the outskirts of villages, clear driveways for special equipment, and form volunteers.
Due to the smoke and “worsening visibility”, the authorities overlap sections of the Cola highway connecting the Murmansk region with the rest of the country. From the evening of July 19, the traffic for the second time was suspended on the site in the Segezhsky district, on July 18, the fire there came close to the road.
- Residents of the capital of Karelia - Petrozavodsk - complain about the strong and smell of Gary. The authorities of the republic report that nothing threatens the city.
- The city of Segezha also covered strong smoke from fires - the authorities asked the residents not to panic and observe security measures. “I woke up by chance, I could not breathe, it seemed to be constrained by the throat <...>. I saw the fog, smelled. I decided that it was the Central Bank. Only then it dawned on me that it was the smell of Gary, ” wrote a local resident.
On July 19, the head of the Segezh district, Marina Guseva, announced that fire could threaten settlements, since there are several forest fires in the district.
- During the liquidation of fires, three rescuers were injured : firefighters were transported to Petrozavodsk, as they required the help of ophthalmologists.
- Rescuers from the Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions, as well as specialists of the Nevsky rescue center, were attracted to the fight against fires in the republic.
- On July 20, the head of the Russian Emergencies Emergencies of Russia, Yevgeny Zinichev, arrived in Karelia to control fires: he said that there were no threats to settlements from fires in the republic.
- According to the Fires.ru portal on July 19, the area of forest fires in Karelia is about 14 thousand hectares, the most difficult situation is in the Sryazhinsky district.
How residents extinguish fires on their own and why they are unhappy with the work of the authorities
- Volunteers in Karelia are organized both by the appeal of the authorities and independently. The head of the Republic of Parfenchikov said that those who wish to help with fires should apply to the administration of districts and rural settlements. On July 20, the Center for Coordination of Volunteers was opened in Petrozavodsk.
- The participation of volunteers is required for auxiliary work - for example, stretching fire hoses and controlling the extinguished edge of the fire.
- The volunteers who arrived at the place are given out the satchels so that they water the main hose, the republic reports . According to eyewitnesses, several volunteers from the final and Spasskaya lips work with lower fires: "They extinguish the foci around the perimeter, protect the sleeves extended to the fire."
- The Karelia Tourist community is engaged in the organization of volunteers: daily there are information about the collection of volunteers and the equipment required for extinguishing - tractors, bulldozers, quadrocopter, shovels and respirators. Until July, the group spoke about the tourist places of the republic, but after it was re -profiled, since the situation is “more alarming”.
- The townspeople are unhappy with the organization of extinguishing fires and the actions of the authorities of the republic: in Suoryarvi, local residents are outraged that they themselves had to extinguish the fire, gaining water from the fire engine.
Photo from the group " Listen to Suoyarvi "
- There are many complaints from volunteers and local residents that firefighters did not begin to extinguish the fire in Nystenyarvi for a long time. “The column consisting of numerous equipment and hundreds of personnel arrived at about 15 hours in the village and four hours later did not even make a single attempt to help in extinguishing fire,” the local resident wrote .
- On the official page of the Karelia government in Vkontakte, the Republic of Karelia called such messages “fakes” and called to believe only to those who were “in the place of fires”.
- Residents recall how in April the Ministry of Natural Resources of Karelia reported on readiness for the fire hazardous season, but in fact, eyewitnesses believe, there were not enough equipment for extinguishing.
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