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.

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Fire service operation in Gierałtów
1 / 5 Fire service operation in Gierałtów · Photo author: OSP Nowogrodziec
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2 / 5 Fire service operation in Gierałtów · Photo author: OSP Nowogrodziec
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3 / 5 Fire service operation in Gierałtów · Photo author: OSP Nowogrodziec
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Fire service operation in Gierałtów
4 / 5 Fire service operation in Gierałtów · Photo author: OSP Czerna
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5 / 5 Fire service operation in Gierałtów · Photo author: OSP Czerna

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.