A large area of pastureland and fields are burning in the Hortobagy National Park, in eastern Hungary, the National Directorate General for Disaster Management (OKF) told MTI on Wednesday afternoon.
According to initial estimates, vegetation is burning across 30 to 40 hectares near Highway 33, between Tiszafüred and Kocsújfalu, the statement said. The flames threatened pastures, summer pastures and several cattle, but the livestock farm was successfully protected, it added.
The fire, which spread over a large area and in multiple directions, also reached the reed beds. Professional firefighters from several nearby towns, as well as the municipal fire department from Egyek and volunteer firefighters from Bábolna have been dispatched or are en route to the scene, the statement said.
Firefighters brought the blaze under control
Firefighters have brought under control a blaze that broke out in the Hortobágy National Park, Hungary’s disaster management authority said. According to a statement issued to the state news agency MTI, more than 96 hectares of land were scorched near Route 33, between Tiszafüred and Kócsújfalu. Of the affected area, around 80 hectares consisted of pasture, with the remainder comprising reed beds.
Fire crews from Tiszafüred, Karcag, Mezőkövesd, Füzesabony, Eger, Heves, Püspökladány, Tiszaújváros and Hajdúszoboszló, alongside municipal firefighters from Egyek and volunteers from Tiszabábolna, were dispatched to the scene. Working under the direction of the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County disaster management operations service, they tackled the flames using 15 water jets, 10 backpack sprayers and nearly two dozen hand tools.
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