Fonyód reed extinguished the fire
One hundred acres of land burned in the reeds Fonyódnál, Turul section between the street and the M7 motorway, which managed to extinguish lasting almost 24 hours and hard work - published on the website of Somogy County Disaster Management Directorate on Friday afternoon.
According to the report, almost fifty firefighters from eight settlements took part in the extinguishing.
Following the alarm on Thursday afternoon, professional firefighters from Marcali, Siófok and Keszthely, as well as from Balatonboglár, arrived at the scene, which could only be reached on foot. Units began extinguishing with spark plugs at several different locations, attacking the fire from multiple sides, they wrote.
The work was directed by the Disaster Management Operations Service. The windy weather made it difficult to extinguish the flames, so during the night the fire chief ordered the alarm of the professional units in Kaposvár. Volunteer firefighters also arrived from Buzsák, Fonyód and Somogyszentpál. By lighting a fire, it was possible to prevent the fire from spreading to an even larger area.
By early Friday morning, firefighters had first circled the fire with four jets of water and then extinguished the flames, they said.
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