In Irkutsk at night special equipment will begin sweeping poplar fluff from the streets, after which the roads will be watered. Four Scandia combined machines and 5 road maintenance vehicles will be used for cleanup. The city administration also reminded that to reduce the amount of fluff, sanitary pruning of poplars was carried out in spring, and new poplars are no longer planted in the city. The Emergencies Ministry warns, burning poplar fluff can lead to serious fires.
As reported by the city mayor’s press service, starting today at night special equipment will sweep the fluff from the city streets, after which the roads will be watered. For this, 4 Scandia combined street-cleaning machines and 5 combined road maintenance vehicles for watering will be used.As noted by the acting head of the environmental management department of the Irkutsk administration, Natalya Stupina, sanitary pruning of poplars was carried out in early spring to reduce the amount of fluff. In addition, over the past few years poplars have not been planted in the city. They are being gradually replaced with trees of other species.
Ministry of Emergency Situations employees also remind that burning poplar fluff can cause serious fires.