KYIV – At the end of September, forest fires broke out in many parts of the Luhansk region. By October 1, a total of 146 fires were discovered by the State Emergency Service. In the week since the fires broke out, the disaster took 11 lives, injured 19 people and caused the evacuation of 150 people. Thirty-two settlements were endangered.
More than 2,000 personnel and over 200 units of equipment were involved in the firefighting, according to the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Serhii Yarovyy.
“On September 30, a difficult situation arose in the Luhansk region due to the spread of fires. The State Emergency Service and the State Forest Resources Agency are working at 30 spots of the blaze. The total area covered by the fire is more than 11,000 hectares,” Mr. Yarovyy said on October 1.