The rainless weather and the first heat wave of the year dried up the avar layer of the forests and the risk of crown fires increased significantly, and there was an increased risk of fire in the forests across the country. As of Thursday (06.24), the national fire ban came into effect. The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) draws the public's attention to be extra careful, as 99 percent of forest fires in Hungary are caused by human error.

The rainless weather and the first heat wave of the year dried out the avar layer of the forests, which can lead to the formation of surprisingly fast-spreading surface fires and the development of crown fires within minutes. Thousands of tons of forest biomass can catch fire, green areas of our environment can turn into black, sooty tree trunks and white ash.

During the fire ban, it is forbidden to light fires in the forests and wooded areas located on the outlying properties, as well as in the 200-meter radius of them, also in the designated, constructed fire pits.

Please do not throw cigarette butts anywhere, use the ashtray. Small burning embers from cigarette butts thought to be extinguished are responsible for the destruction of many forests.

Nébih draws the public's attention to the fact that it is extremely important to comply with the restrictive regulations in the areas subject to the fire ban, which you can read more about in this article:
https://portal.nebih.gov.hu/-/rugalmasabba-valt-a-tuzgyujtasi-tilalom-rendszere.

About the current fire ban a www.erdotuz.hu and the www.katasztrofavedelem.hu interested parties can find information using the map on the website. The map is automatically updated every day at 0:01 a.m., so it always shows the fire bans valid for the given day. In addition to the "daily summaries" one interactive fire ban map is also available to those interested, with the help of which they can accurately identify the forest areas in the vicinity of their residence.

With just a second of attention, we can prevent several weeks of firefighting and decades of restoration.