Postavy rescuers extinguished a combine harvester fire

July 7, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Firefighters from the Pstavy District Department for Emergency Situations extinguished a fire on a KZR-10 combine harvester on July 6, the press secretary of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Marina Fando, told a BELTA correspondent. The incident occurred in a field near the village of Chernoe in the Pstavy district. The agricultural machine, owned by OAO "Pstavy Rayagropromservis", was harvesting fodder when a fire broke out in its engine compartment. The combine operator attempted to prevent the spread of the fire using fire extinguishers, but was unable to cope with the flames, so he had to call for help from rescuers. As a result of the fire, the engine compartment of the combine harvester was damaged. According to preliminary data, the cause of the incident was a short circuit in the machine's electrical equipment. The damage is being assessed. -0-