The Lugansk People's Republic Emergencies Ministry Hydrometeorology Centre has announced that the LPR will stay alert for highest fire danger till September 4.
“The highest, Level 5 fire danger will persist in certain areas of the Republic in the period from September 1 to September 4,” meteorologists warned.
The LPR Hydrometeorology Centre alerted the Republic to very high fire danger on August 26.
Fire danger is a an atmospheric condition characterized by high ambient temperatures, low vapor content, lack of rains and other factors leading to wild fires and grassfires in fields and parks especially due to careless handling of fire.
There are five fire danger levels: very low, low, moderate, high and very high.
The LPR Emergencies Ministry reminded that making fires in forests and steppes was prohibited during the fire hazard period. Leaving bottles or glass fragments in forest and steppe areas is also prohibited as glass can act as magnifying lens to start a fire.*i*ie
