The undergrowth caught fire in Hortobágy, near the main road 33, at Lake György on Monday afternoon, and firefighters are working hard to curb the flames, a spokesman for the Hajdú-Bihar Disaster Management Directorate told MTI.
According to Nóra Papp-Kunkli, the plain is already on fire on an area of ten hectares, as the fire spreads rapidly in the strong wind.
Twenty-five professional firefighters from Debrecen, Hajdúszoboszló and Tiszafüred, and Balmazújváros are trying to curb the flames with six jets of water. In addition to the syringes, two water trucks will provide the right amount of vaccine on-site, the spokesman said.
The firefighters in Hortobágy extinguished the fire
The fire was put out in the Hortobágy steppe, where the undergrowth of ten hectares was on fire near the main road 33 at Lake György on Monday afternoon, a spokesman for the Hajdú-Bihar disaster management directorate told MTI.
According to Nóra Papp-Kunkli, the fire spread quickly in the strong wind, but it was successfully demarcated and then extinguished.
Twenty-five professional firefighters from Debrecen, Hajdúszoboszló, and Tiszafüred, as well as six water jets from Balmazújváros, worked on the site, and two water transport cars were sent to the site. There were no personal injuries, the spokesman said.
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