In only three cases, it turned out that waste was being burned in places where this created a fire hazard and endangered health and life. On Różyckiego Street, a 71-year-old woman decided to burn unnecessary documents and photographs in a metal bowl that she had placed on a kitchen countertop, directly beneath wooden cabinets. Fortunately, vigilant neighbors reported to the Municipal Police duty officer that they could smell burning through the entrance door.
Despite the heavy smoke in the apartment, the woman opened the door and let the officers inside. They immediately extinguished the fire and opened the windows. The woman was informed that such actions are prohibited and could cause a fire in the apartment.
Another intervention concerned heavy smoke in the area of Chrobrego Street. Highly irritating smoke was rising from Wyszyńskiego Street through Chrobrego and Poznańska streets, all the way to Kasprowicza Street. The officers located the source of the smoke in one of the courtyards on Chrobrego Street.
At first, it looked like the nearby sheds were on fire. After a moment, a man with a gas burner in his hand emerged from the clouds of smoke. The 25-year-old stated that he was using the equipment to burn insulation off electrical wires. The officers ordered him to stop immediately and put out the fire.
The man showed a complete lack of imagination by burning the insulation in the immediate vicinity of apartment windows and wooden sheds. One of the sheds contained a gas cylinder connected to the burner. He was fined PLN 500 for his actions.
SM Jelenia Góra/ii