Lasy Państwowe warns against risk of fires

Due to high temperatures and lack of rainfall, the risk of fires increases, indicated Lasy Państwowe (State Forests). According to data from PSP (State Fire Service), the forests have been burning 3,147 times since the beginning of March; 39 percent were cases of arson.

The statistics show that the forests managed by Lasy Państwowe have burned nearly 1,000 times and nearly 272 hectares of forest were destroyed since the beginning of the year. Most fires broke out in April (523); destroying a total of 183 hectares of forest. In May foresters and firefighters had to intervene 365 times, and the fire destroyed nearly 70 hectares of forest. Last year in the same period a wooded area burned 510 times.