“Don’t call if you don’t see smoke,” the firefighters ask. There is a strong smell of smoke in Prague
photo: Patrik Pašek, PrahaIN.cz/Firefighters; illustrative photo
The metropolis woke up in the morning to a strong smell of smoke. There is an extensive fire in the vineyard in the National Park České Švýcarsko near Hřensk, which firefighters have been fighting since Sunday. According to meteorologists, the smoke reaches central and eastern Bohemia as well as the northern part of the Highlands. This is due to a change in the wind behind the front to a northwesterly flow
“Maybe some of you in central and eastern Bohemia were awakened today by an unusual smell in the air. This is smoke from a fire in the vicinity of Hřensk. The smoke is also very visible on the station network of ceilometers. These devices use laser beams to scan the column of the atmosphere “vertically upwards” and detect, for example, clouds, precipitation, fog – as well as smoke and dust particles in greater concentration. announced on Facebook by the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute.
Since Tuesday morning, firefighters have received numerous reports of seeing gray smoke, smelling smoke, and apparently a fire somewhere. It was mainly the Liberec and Pardubice regions and Prague.
“We ask the citizens that in this specific case (if you don’t see other symptoms, for example flames), consider whether to call us on the emergency lines,” the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic then requested on the social network.
An extensive fire broke out in Czech Switzerland on Sunday, currently covering approximately 30 hectares, and more than 150 firefighters are on the scene. Regional fire department spokesman Lukáš Marvan told ČTK that the situation calmed down in the morning and the wind died down, which helps with the intervention.
If the weather doesn’t worsen, firefighters hope to have the fire under control by Tuesday.
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