Poplar fluff, heat, fire

The cause of a fire in the spring-summer period can be arson of poplar fluff. Many children like to have fun by setting fire to poplar fluff. They are interested in watching how the flames easily run across the fluffy white carpet. But few people at this time think that such fun can lead to a big fire. And not only children, but also adults create a threat of fire of poplar fluff, throwing un-extinguished matches and cigarettes.

Poplar fluff is highly flammable and burns instantly in all directions. So, on May 25, poplar fluff caught fire in the center of Nur-Sultan. Clouds of smoke enveloped the capital. The area of the fire was 250 sq.m. On May 26, in the city of Ridder, on the territory of the Fir forest, there was a fire of fluff and deadwood litter. It took considerable efforts of the employees of two fire departments and foresters to localize the fire within 4 hours, to prevent the fire from spreading in the forest and to spill the smoldering dead wood. The residents of Ridder will long remember the story of the great forest fire on May 10, which consumed more than 270 hectares of forest, claimed the life of a person and left more than 50 families without housing and property. The Ridder City Emergency Management Department strongly recommends that, in order to prevent the occurrence of a fire, follow basic fire safety rules: - stop any games of teenagers and children related to setting fire to fluff - explain to your children about the inadmissibility of setting fire to poplar fluff.

- regularly clean the places where fluff accumulates, especially in wooden buildings - in enterprises and organizations, establish control over the smoking regime, prohibit the burning of garbage.

UCS of Ridder