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Thursday, 28.03.2024, 09:53
Latvia to seek international help to extinguish Valdgale fire
The government will have an emergency meeting at 4 p.m. to vote on the
motion.
Kozlovskis told reporters that Latvia would seek all 28 European Union
countries' help to cope with the fire, and that Latvia mostly needs aerial
support at the moment.
As reported, the State Fire and Rescue Service, assisted by a Lithuanian
Air Force helicopter, have been battling the fire for six days.
LETA also reported, the fire in a peat bog in Valdgale County started
Tuesday evening and later spread into the nearby forest.
According to the European Union's Copernicus emergency management
service, the fire in Valdgale County had destroyed 267 hectares of forest,
311.7 hectares of bushland and 431.8 hectares of peat bog by Sunday.
Residents of Stikli Village, located near the fire, were evacuated last
week but most had returned to their homes by Saturday, Ventspils Region
Council's Chairman Aivars Mucenieks (Greens/Farmers) told.