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Firefighters in Humenne Put Out Fire in Building with Fuel Oil Containers

Humenne, February 20 (TASR) – The fire brigade in Humenne (Presov region) on Saturday was dispatched to put out a fire in an old building in the railway depot area where a private company was storing fuel oil containers, the region’s Fire and Rescue Corps (HaZZ) operations officer Stanislav Dzubak told TASR on the same day.

A total of 11 firefighters with four pieces of equipment managed to extinguish the fire with foam.

According to Dzubak, there were no injuries, and the causes of the fire and the extent of the damage are now under investigation.

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