This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page “It is with great sorrow that we extend our condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims,” read a statement on the town’s official website calling the fire “the most tragic event in the city in recent memory.” Po wczorajszych tragicznych wydarzeniach związanych ze śmiercią pięciu osób w pożarze budynku na ul local time in a building that housed both residential units and a workers’ hostel Firefighters managed to bring it under control by 9:40 p.m ⚠️Niestety w wyniku tragicznego pożaru budynku w miejscowości Pszów (woj. śląskie) śmierć poniosło 5 osób. ?￰ﾟﾏﾻ‍?Na miejsce zdarzenia udaje się Komendant Główny PSP nadbryg. Wojciech Kruczek. pic.twitter.com/GXLxqNyBh3 120 firefighters and 34 vehicles were involved in battling the flames,” said senior fire officer Karol Kierzkowski Twelve people were evacuated from the building - 10 Polish nationals and 2 Ukrainian citizens Two people were injured: a resident and a local police officer who helped with the evacuation All the residents of the building who lost their lives were Polish “One of the victims was rescued by a neighborhood officer who suffered smoke inhalation and was transported to the hospital,” said Jacek Dobrzyński spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior and Administration (MSWiA) W tragicznym pożarze hostelu w Pszowie zginęło 5 osób. Pożar został opanowany. W akcji uczestniczyło 120 strażaków przy wykorzystaniu 34 samochodów pożarniczych. Na miejsce udaje się Komendant Główny @KGPSP pic.twitter.com/qEQCwxUvg1 According to Silesian Voivode (provincial governor) Marek Wójcik the building had not been formally registered as a hotel which may have prevented the five victims from escaping in time,” said Chief Fire Commander Wojciech Kruczek and a fire expert - were scheduled to examine the site of the tragedy Source: IAR/PAP/X/@KGPSP/@JacekDobrzynski/facebook.com/m.pszow Polish taxi driver Grzegorz says his phone won’t stop ringing Grzegorz has given up driving for a far more lucrative line of work as Poland grapples with energy shortages: illegal mining Around his home in the Lower Silesian city of Walbrzych coal sits as little as a meter below the surface in fields A four-man team can unearth a ton in an hour and make 1,000 zloty ($220) each for half a day’s work roughly 60% of what an average person earns in a week “My wife is against it and worried about me but as a taxi driver I wouldn’t be able to make this kind of money,” Grzegorz said as he hoisted a bucket of the black gold from a square hole on the edge of a residential area while two of his cohort chipped away with pickaxes the dirtiest of fuels is going through a revival as Russia withholds gas supplies needed to generate electricity because of the war in Ukraine That clamor is even more acute in Poland because a disproportionate number of households still depend on coal for heating and there’s a shortage the government is struggling to address Vladimir Putin’s invasion of his neighbor has reshaped the energy market with European Union sanctions on Russia shutting down coal imports to Poland The nation of 38 million accounts for 77% of all households using coal for heating in the 27-member bloc With coal reserves being used up and temperatures plunging the government in Warsaw is securing coal and relying on municipalities to distribute it But some coal storage facilities have had to shop from supermarkets after suppliers ran out of stock in the immediate aftermath of the war undermining President Andrzej Duda’s assurance that Poland has enough coal to last for 200 years worsening air quality in a country where three of its main cities — Warsaw Krakow and Wroclaw — were in the top 10 for pollution globally at one point this month it’s sent people driving across the border to buy coal in the Czech Republic — or to pick up shovels and dig Mayor Roman Szelemej blamed the government for creating a national dependence on the fuel “This crisis is showing that this was a mistake,” he said at his office the Walbrzych area’s economy relied on coal extraction for two centuries before the last (legal) pit closed in 2000 The industry’s legacy looms large after thousands of miners were pushed out of work Unemployment is 12% in surrounding towns and villages about three times the rate of the city itself so an opportunity to make money can be tempting for those with the residual knowhow So-called “poor man’s pits” have sprouted up in forests a cluster of small private gardens is also dotted with them One resident said some people need the money and others the coal is sending patrols to check on the places they know are popular with miners “There are more pits in the locations we used to monitor throughout the last years over sporadic cases of illegal mining,” said Mateusz Majchrzyk spokesperson for the Forestry Management in Walbrzych “We noticed an increased activity around the mines and we are also spending more money on the sand we use to fill in the holes.” who declined to give his last name or age given his involvement in an illicit trade said he may be taking the opportunity to make good money but he’s also helping resolve Poland’s gravest energy crisis in decades who had three years’ experience working as a miner The pit they were working on was around 3 meters deep with two men in charge of digging accessing the hole using a hand-made wooden ladder Grzegorz was filling the sacks with the coal to be carried to a car hidden behind the trees “We will dig here as long as we will be able to extract coal,” said Grzegorz and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" The resolve of European war is to send everyone back to the dark ages It is working so far and people in these situations will do what is required to survive Gruyere gold mine joint venture partners Gold Fields and Gold Road Resources reach agreement on a friendly deal to consolidate ownership. The initiative will be delivered through the regional joint venture established by Fleet Space Technologies and Tahreez. The US central bank is widely expected to hold rates steady in this meeting. Romania has major reserves of rare earths, gold and copper, which have attracted interest from Canadian and American firms. Five people have died in a fire at an unlicensed hostel in southern Poland Twelve people were rescued from the burning building in the small town of Pszow in the Silesian Voivodeship The fire alarm at the hostel was raised late last night they found the entire two-story building and its ceiling in flames," a fire department spokesman said He suggested that the fire spread very quickly which is probably why five people were unable to get out in time A total of 120 firefighters with 34 emergency vehicles were sent to the scene of the fire a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior said The hostel was housing construction workers Polish television station "TVN 24" reported the hostel operator did not have a license to operate More news from World