The situation with the fires in the country/problematic areas

2024-07-31 11:29:00, Aktualitet CNA

The situation with the fires in the country/problematic areas

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The Ministry of Defense announces that the firefighting forces, supported by those of the Armed Forces, the State Police, the Forest Service, Protected Areas or even volunteer forces, under the coordination of the Civil Defense Agency, have been working intensively on several fronts to extinguish the fires. in some areas of the country.

The work has continued throughout the night without interruption in the problematic hearth in the village of Mal Shengjin, where today the situation is more stabilized.

"In addition to the intervention of the Cougar helicopter from the air, two Canadair aircraft from Italy also arrived in support, part of the assistance from the European Civil Protection Mechanism. Fortunately, there were no injuries to people, but only minimal injuries to businesses around the fire area, to 2 beach bars and the roof of a house. Currently, the fire has been completely isolated and the operation for its final extinguishment is ongoing by the fire services, the FA, the police, and the local structures supported by the 2 Canadair planes from Italy," the announcement states.

Work is also continuing to extinguish the fire in the village of Zavalin, Elbasan Municipality, for which the local government structures supported by the Armed Forces are engaged today.

Active are the fire in the hills of Viroi Lake, Gjirokastër Municipality, the fire above the city of Tepelena, which today as a result of the strong wind has gone out of control. Local structures supported by the Armed Forces and an Armed Forces helicopter were engaged today to normalize the situation.

Work is underway in Lozhan-Bode village, Maliq municipality, in Picar village, Vorë municipality in a commercial facility, in Ujanik village, Skrapar municipality. While the situation in other districts is relatively calm./ CNA