Fire put out at Panevėžys’ sawmill early Tuesday

Panevėžys Fire Brigade on early Tuesday morning extinguished the blaze in a local sawmill, a day after it caught fire.

„The fire was put out at 5.34 a.m.,“ a duty officer of the Fire and Rescue Department told ELTA on Tuesday.

The Emergency Response Centre (BPC) had earlier said 112 received the call about the sawmill fire in Panevėžys, on Lentpjūvių (Sawmill) Street, at 5:40 a.m. on Monday.

Fire trucks were sent to the scene and information was relayed to Panevėžys County Ambulance Station.

Firefighters had to extinguish large quantities of dried wood stored in the sawmill, a 2,800 sq m reinforced concrete building.

No one was reported injured.

A man was led from the building’s second floor by firefighters as he was blocked by smoke. He had called the emergency services.