Population complaints – for firing barbecues

One such Klaipeda residents were spotted in Melnrage. The Klaipėda resident, who filmed it, asked rhetorically, is it possible to burn a fire when there are dwellings around, in general?

« When the evening comes, the neighbor often thinks of romance at the bonfire. The smoke clouds penetrate through the windows. Can he do that? » The woman asked.

She was told she could not because she was not living in a farmstead.

Aurelija Maslauskienė, Chief Specialist of the State Fire Department of the Klaipėda Fire and Rescue Board, reminded that it is possible to heat the barbecues six meters from the buildings, both from residential, greenhouses, terraces or other structures. In a farmstead, the rules are the same.

When arriving, most barbecues, fireplaces, barbecues are removed.

« If you manage to capture, because when you arrive, most barbecues, fireplaces, barbecues are removed. But if you succeed, the person confesses, there are witnesses, photography, the general fire safety rules violates the natural person from € 10, the legal person.

According to her, there have been cases where people who have bursting barbecues at their homes have caused damage to the surrounding property – burned home structures, greenhouses, gazebos, terraces, fences, plants.

A. Maslauskienė also noted that many people do not yet know how to deal with ash, which also causes fires.

Aurelija Maslauskienė. / Photo by Vytautas Liaudanskis

« There have been cases where the circumstances have shown that people have shaken the ashes into or near the greenhouse – supposedly fertilized to the ground, and a fire broke out in the morning, » Maslauskienė said.

She also shared a story that happened in Klaipeda a few years ago.

« The car park was guarded, her guard fired the stove in her hut. After which she loaded the ashes in a bucket and supported it somewhat. Thinking, it would be cool. They could not come up with where to put them, so shook it in a plastic container and cars were located. He had a lot of discomfort, ”assured A. Maslauskienė.