TIRANA, July 6 /ATA/ – By I. Vata/ – Minister of Defence Olta Xhaçka declared on Friday that Cougar Air Force helicopters, which help fire-fighting brigades on the spot, have been equipped with new buckets for extinguishing wildfires.
In the framework of fire-fighting measures during this sweltering summer, Ministry of Defense has improved its infrastructure equipping special- purpose helicopters with high capacity buckets for emergency wildfire cases.
“The buckets with a capacity of 2500 litres each will ease the operations of fire brigades for putting out the wildfires which are often started by humans,” minister Xhaçka said. /a.g/sm/
