The incident occurred on September 19. Volunteer firefighters from Nowogrodziec:
Alarm! [...] at 11:57 p.m., we were dispatched to a straw pile fire in Gierałtów. We set out with one crew, relieving other units that had been involved in an intervention since 7 p.m.
The firefighters add:
The operations consisted of monitoring the burning pile of plant residue until 8 a.m.
Firefighters from OSP Nowogrodziec, OSP Czerna, OSP Gierałtów, OSP Wykroty and JRG Bolesławiec took part in the operation.