Forest fire

The Ministry of Emergency Situations reminds the public that if you witness a forest fire, take the following actions:

• call 101 or 112;
• if the source of the fire is small, try to extinguish it with branches, cover it with soil;
• leave the fire site, remembering to walk against the wind, if possible perpendicular to the direction of the fire;
• cover your nose and mouth with a cloth, preferably damp;
• try to get to a road, clearing, meadow, river bank, or field.

To prevent forest fires, you need to follow simple and important rules:

• do not throw burning matches, cigarette butts, smoldering rags;
• do not start a fire in dense thickets, young coniferous forests, under tree crowns;
• do not start a fire in windy weather and do not leave it unattended;
• do not leave self-igniting materials in the forest: rags soaked in oil or gasoline, glass;
• do not burn dry grass in forest clearings, near forest areas.