Hungarian first responders had a busy Christmas

Although the relatively cold weather and sleet did not cause as many problems as it could have, the Hungarian National Directorate for Disaster Management received over 167 emergency calls in total, including fires and traffic accidents.

According to Telex, from these 167 emergency calls, first responders had to intervene in more than 134 cases.

Despite people’s expectations of the weather causing problems, the firefighters were called to 45 cases of fire emergency, and overall, 36 houses caught fire during Christmas.

The firefighters also had to assist in several other cases, in a total of 89, providing technical rescue for victims.

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According to Origo, there were several cases of fire that are considered typical winter cases. In Márianosztra and in Besnyő, the basement caught fire because the residents stored their firewood there.