Firefighters intervened 484 times after heavy storms that had passed over Poland on Wednesday and at night on Thursday. 2654 households were left without electricity and one firefighter got injured - the spokesman for the Polish Fire Service Paweł Frątczak said.
Frątczak said on Thursday morning that firefighters from Subcarpathian, Lesser Poland and West Pomeranian voivodeships had the busiest day. "One of our collegues in Lesser Poland got injured during removing of a broken tree," he added.
In Jodłówka-Wałki village in Lesser Poland voivodeship, a tornado damaged 15 buildings. "Thankfully, no one was hurt and all the buildings were secured in order to prevent further damage," Frątczak said.
Mostly, the firefighters had to deal with broken trees, that were blocking streets and railway tracks, as well as with flooded basements.
"According to the RCB (Government Centre for Security) reports from Thursday morning, 2654 households were without electricity supplies, in Łódz, Podlasie and Warmian-Masurian voivodeships," Frątczak said.
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 News in English, PAP
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