On Wednesday, a large fire broke out in the leased territory of "Lietuvos Geležinkelių" (LTG) in Vilnius fire at the car dump was extinguished on Thursday morning, and firefighters will remain on duty for some time.
About 1,3 thousand sq. About 60 officers extinguished the fire that broke out in the area of 22.22 on Wednesday evening. was localized. No one was injured in the incident.
The car dump where the fire broke out belongs to the Ruvis company. The main activity of the company is the purchase, processing and export of ferrous and non-ferrous metal scrap.
After the fire, the Vilnius municipality issued recommendations to schools in the pollution-affected zone to organize remote education, and it was also recommended not to send children to kindergartens located in this zone. Over 1 education and training institutions of the capital fall into the 2-90 kilometer impact zone.
At the time, the Department of Environmental Protection reported that the increased pollution from the fire had dropped to "safe levels" on Thursday.
