The firefighters in Debrecen also rushed to a lit Advent wreath
On Saturday morning, two cars collided in Debrecen, on Böszörményi út. The professional firefighters in Debrecen de-energized the vehicles – it can be read in the summary of the Hajdú-Bihar County Disaster Management Directorate.
Soot was burning in the chimney of a residential building in Nyírgelse, on Nádas Street. The professional firefighters from Nyíradony and the Szakoly municipal firefighters cleaned the chimney with hand tools, and the fire did not spread further.
Garbage was burning at the end of the garden in Hajdúhadház, on Pély-Nagy Gábor utca. The professional firefighters from Hajdúböszörmény put out the flames with a water jet.
The National Directorate General of Disaster Management told MTI on Sunday that disaster management received 190 emergency calls on Saturday, and in 129 cases the intervention of firefighters was also necessary.
They wrote: they were alerted to 32 fires, of which 24 were building fires, and the firefighters performed 97 technical rescues.
A chimney fire had to be put out in a family house in Ipolytarnóc, a fire broke out in a room of a condominium in Mosonmagyaróvár, and in the kitchen of a townhouse in Siófok, furniture caught fire due to a children’s toy with batteries.
Firefighters were alerted due to carbon monoxide pollution in Baja and Mór.
The OKF highlighted that Advent wreaths caught fire in Debrecen, Kaposvár, Tass and Csorná, and there were smaller fires in Budapest and Szekszárd due to food left on the stove.
There are 2,000 firefighters on duty and 500 vehicles on standby at Christmas time, and within 120 seconds of the alarm, they go to help where there is trouble, the announcement states.