The incident occurred on Thursday, December 8. At around 11:00 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to a house fire in the village of Szczytnica.
Emergency services are on the scene. According to a reader, 7 fire service units are battling the blaze.
It is known that the building’s attic burned down. No one was injured.
Update: 2022-12-08 14:20
Demolition work and extinguishing remaining pockets of fire are underway. The operation will probably continue for some time.
Fortunately, there were no people in the building. The police are investigating the cause of the fire. We will return to the matter.
Update: 2022-12-09
OSP Krzyżowa on the incident:
(…) at 10:56 a.m., we were dispatched to a residential building fire in Szczytnica. Our tasks included, among other things, directing one water stream for defensive and offensive operations, and sending a team wearing OUO breathing apparatus inside the building to extinguish remaining pockets of fire and carry out demolition work.
Forces and resources:
- 1 unit from KP PSP BOLESŁAWIEC
- 4 units from JRG BOLESŁAWIEC
- 1 unit from OSP KSRG RÓŻYNIEC
- 1 unit from OSP KSRG KRZYŻOWA
- 1 unit from OSP KSRG GROMADKA
- 1 unit from OSP KSRG WARTA BOLESŁAWIECKA
- 1 unit from OSP RACIBOROWICE
- 1 unit from OSP KSRG KRZYWA
- 3 units from the Specialist Chemical and Ecological Rescue Group LEGNICA
- POLICE
- EMS
- Power emergency service.
(Some photos: OSP Gromadka).