The fire broke out on February 18, at around 10:00 p.m., in the basement of a residential building in Gościszów. OSP Nowogrodziec reported on the incident:
Large clouds of smoke were coming out of the building at the scene. We sent in a crew wearing respiratory protective equipment, located the fire with zero visibility using a thermal imaging camera and directed one stream of water at the source of the fire.
They added: – Units from JRG Bolesławiec arrived to help. The rooms were then ventilated and combustible material was removed outside the building.
The danger was eliminated; fortunately, no one was injured.