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As announced by the Kaunas Fire and Rescue Board on Friday afternoon, a large number of firefighters went to the Town Hall Square in Kaunas.
At 2.15 pm, the school employee announced that the Kaunas Refugio street of the Church of Francisco Xavier (Jesuit).
As it turned out, on the roof of the church at the time, the plush workers were finishing. As they worked, they felt something blink. It is likely that the problems were with the wiring.
There was no open fire or heavy smoke in the area.
About 3 pm Kaunas Fire and Rescue Board 15 minutes reported that the fire was located, a possible fireplace was found. Final work was underway.
Four tankers, two ladders, and an operations manager’s car worked on the site.
Laura Valauskienė, a representative of the Department of Fire Protection and Rescue (PAGD), informed BNS that there were no open flames, smoke from the roof covered by the can – firefighters had to dismantle the roof and structures.
Police were asked to regulate traffic in and near the Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
At the same time, many invitations were received to events in Kaunas: firefighters’ walkie-talkies were not silent.
In 15 years – 11 fires in religious buildings
Over the past 15 years, there have been 10 church or rectory related fires in Kaunas County. According to the spokesperson for the Kaunas Fire and Rescue Board, Džiuginta Vaitkevičienė, in 2005, a plastic bucket with ashes shone in the hall of the rectory in Vilkija, 0.5 square meters. m of floor. The cause of the fire is careless human behavior.
In 2009, the floors of the religious building on Kaunas A.Jakšto Street burned down and the walls burned down. Then I had to cut the window bars and break the glass. The cause of the fire is careless human behavior.
In 2010, on the staircase of the chapel on Kaunas Vilniaus Street, 18 square meters. m room area burned mattress and a folding bed. Neglected human behavior has also been recorded.
The day after this fire, St. Sacramento Church’s sacristy (same address as during the previous fire) reported that it had caught the arsonist. During the fire it burned 2 square meters. m auxiliary room walls, 2 chairs, bench. The wall is covered. The person who caused the fire was taken to the Kaunas City LSC Detention Center by the police. The fire was extinguished by the workers themselves with 4 buckets of water.
In 2012, a more serious fire broke out in the village of Paštuva, in the old man of Batniava, a wooden church building burned with an open flame. During the fire, the roof burned and collapsed, the walls burned badly, the interior of the building burned, and the paintings inside the state caught fire. Only a wooden bell tower remains about 10 m from the church. Then the ignition is set.
The Kulautuva Church was burned down in the same year. The church wall burned. Burned and demolished 3 sq. M. Area of m for decoration of outdoor walls and logs. The alleged cause of the fire is an intentional act of the people.
Ten days later, the Kulautuva church was burned down again. S t. The Church of the Virgin Mary was burning in an open flame. Burned the wooden roof structures, burned the interior with liturgical accessories, furniture, musical instruments, burned 9 square meters. m sacristy area, 2 square meters m. m warehouse area.
In 2013, the street Kaunas Iglesia de San Nicolás el Taumaturgo. During the fire, 70 square meters were burned and demolished. m on the roof of the church, burned and demolished the smallest dome, 20 square meters. m area of the burned wooden altar, the rest of the altar burned and fused with water, paintings of saints, prayer books, 8 square meters. m of wooden ceilings, thermally exposed, cared for and fused the interior of the church, broken part of the window panes. Neglected human behavior is recorded below.
In 2015, a gas cylinder exploded in the church that operated on Kaunas R. Kalantos Street. When the firefighters arrived, the church basement was smoky, there was a strong smell of gas, and the kitchen was burning with an open flame. During the fire, 11 square meters. m kitchen area with household items and appliances, cared for and fused with water all the basement rooms.
In 2018, firefighters rushed to the Kaunas Cathedral on Independence Square – a report was received that the fabrics were burning in the church. A piece of foam was burned, which was extinguished before the arrival of the fire and rescue forces. The foam debris has been ignited since the welding job. No losses were identified.
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