According to the State Emergency Situations Service, fires in landfills in Rivne, Zakarpatye and Poltava oblasts flashed in one day. The extinguishing continues, the total area is 460 square meters. Fires broke out in landfills in Rivne, Zakarpatye and Poltava oblasts for one day, their total area is 460 square meters, according to the State Service of Ukraine for Emergencies.
On Saturday afternoon near the village of Barmaki in the Rivne region, on the landfill site of solid household waste (with an area of about 10 hectares), there was a burning of garbage in an area of about 100 square meters, six units of equipment and 30 people were involved in the quenching. According to the State Emergency Situations Service, on Saturday evening, it was reported that near the city of Lubny in the Poltava region, in the landfill of solid domestic waste (an area of about 6.7 hectares), there was a burning of garbage in an area of about 60 square meters, where three units of equipment and 12 people. In addition, near the village of Barvinok in the Uzhgorod district of the Transcarpathian region, on the territory of the existing solid waste landfill (with an area of about 9 hectares), garbage was incinerated in an area of about 300 square meters, six units of equipment and 21 people were involved in extinguishing. “Elimination of the aforementioned fires is now continuing,” the ministry said on its website.