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Without electricity – tens of thousands
How 15 minutes said Paulius Kalmantas, ESO public relations project manager, ESO employees really have a lot of work to do:
“The situation is quite bad, because the snow is extremely wet and a lot of weight on the tree branches, they break and fall on the power lines. According to the latest data, there are already about 25 thousand. homes without electricity, we will update this data at noon. Mainly in the Alytus region. “
Photo by Grinda / Broken trees on the streets of Vilnius
It is also very heavy in the Vilnius region.
“ESO is working as soon as possible to correct faults. But conditions are not easy. Even if the fault clears when it continues to snow, snow accumulates, so faults can occur again.
The bad news is that the number of failures can increase. The forces have been strengthened, both in the specialists who handle faults and in the call center, so that we can answer people’s calls about power outages, ”said P. Kalmantas.
Runs from midnight
The Fire and Rescue Department (PAGD) also works in the snow.
As the department spokeswoman said, rescuers have been invited to handle overgrown trees and trees and their branches since midnight.
“We work a lot, but other companies also work together: in Vilnius” Grinda “, in Vilnius district” Regional roads “, etc. Firefighters go where they are called, where there is danger. Between midnight on Tuesday and early morning, the firefighters rescued trees 37 times from the driveway. 11 AM was working in ten places, troops were sent. We are talking about all of Lithuania. At night, the snow was planted mainly in the southern part of the country, in the municipality from Druskininkai, Alytus district, Varėna.
Žygimantas Gedvila / 15min photo / Vilnius is covered with abundant snow
There were several cases in Kaunas, and now we are already working in the Vilnius region, various invitations in Vilnius city, district, Šalčininkai, Elektrėnai ”, reported PAGD.
The main works are the removal of broken trees and their branches, which blocked the road.
There were also several cases in Vilnius where trees or their branches fell on cars. Firefighters rescued to the streets of Architects and Volungė.
Trees also light electrical cables, in the district of Alytus, an old man of Punia, the tree had to be pulled from the electrical cables, ESO representatives were also invited here.
Data on the people affected are not yet available.
PAGD advises that when leaving cars, drivers should make sure it is safe, it is best not to park under trees that cannot really bear the weight of snow.
There are many old trees in Vilnius, they should be avoided.
Lightweight buildings should also be avoided.
Branches in cars, trees in the streets
The Grinda company, which maintains the streets of Vilnius and removes trees that turn on the streets or cars in the capital, reports that, according to data from the General Assistance Center, from January 25 to 26. (10 AM) In Vilnius, the following were recorded: 3 reports of tree limbs falling on cars; 12 reports of fallen trees on the road; 3 reports of dangerously leaning trees near power lines.
Žygimantas Gedvila / 15min photo / Vilnius is covered with abundant snow
The representative of the company, Egidijus Steponavičius, stated that the company had already removed trees or their branches in around twenty places in different parts of Vilnius. These effects of heavy snowfall were recorded in Šilo, Pavilnis, Baltosios Vokė, Senosios Pilaitė, Paneriai, Šilėnai, Titnago and other streets, Savanorių Avenue.
Readers 15 minutes reported that Trinapolio st. a tree has been in the car since morning. No one is taking action and there are more broken trees around.
Trinapolio st. a tree has been in the car since morning
Grinda recalls that such events should be reported to 1355 or the General Help Center 112.
Grinda warned drivers of heavy snowfall Monday – extremely heavy snowfall was reported, during which snow is forecast for just 15 years.
Right now, the capital is being cleaned up, but road users are not hiding: in Vilnius, they maintain 1690 streets on 50 cars, so until they return to the beginning of a route, they are inflated again and snow.
About 9 cm of snow fell in Vilnius overnight, it is forecast to snow twice as much.
Postmen and couriers are stuck
Lietuvos Paštas warns that due to heavy snowfall and the consequent deterioration of traffic conditions, the work of senders and couriers may be interrupted, so that correspondence, letters and packages may reach the population later.
Because roads of national importance are cleared first, then others, and because of the abundant snow, it is almost impossible to pass through various places in the villages.
According to preliminary data, senders and couriers serving Trakai, Elektrėnai, Varėna and Lazdijai districts face difficulties. However, it is snowing all over Lithuania, so it is possible that there will be unrest throughout the country.
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