Strong winds hit parts of Poland
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
06.03.2019 11:00
Firefighters were called out more than 1,600 times after strong winds hit parts of Poland this week, a spokesman has said.
A car crushed by a fallen tree in the northwestern city of Szczecin. Photo: PAP/Marcin Bielecki
High winds lashed the country’s northern regions as well as Wielkopolskie province in the west and the central region of Mazovia, Paweł Frątczak, a spokesman for the State Fire Service, said on Wednesday morning.
Firefighters were kept busy removing fallen trees from roads and railroad tracks, Frątczak told public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency.
Four people, including one firefighter, were reported injured.
Some 5,500 customers were left without electricity at one point after fierce winds toppled trees and disrupted power supplies, the IAR news agency reported.
(gs/pk)
Source: IAR, TVP Info