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Hello, my friends. This fire occurred in the spring of 2020. Duty for that day began with extinguishing a fire in the suburbs for our team, then the tires of the title and after tires we were deployed to extinguish a blaze at a sawmill • Миллионы в пекло... But many other fires blazed in the city that day. So there was a catastrophic shortage of resources, despite mobilization of standby forces and the involvement of on-site non-mobile facility units. The smoke from this fire was visible all over the city. A huge number of old tires caught fire from a grass fire. Initially, we managed to bring down both the temperature and combustion very well with the help of a foam making appliance, but due to limited supply of foam there was no way to sustain the foam attack, so the fire returned. It was over 30 degrees that day, the firefighters were already exhausted from other calls, with no chance of even having a quick snack since the shift began. We arrived to the tire fire just after battling another fire, across the city. The huge burning wheels seemed to weigh a ton and impossible to move. Add to this the heat from them, acrid smoke, soot. Simultaneously with extinguishing, it was necessary to constantly conduct a survey of the areas adjacent in order to prevent the spread of fire. We were worked to the limit, everything and everyone was covered with soot, which is very difficult to wash off. When we finally returned to the unit, we had to wash our equipment and ourselves for a long time.