TIRANA, Aug 9 /ATA/ – By I.Vata/ The Director of Disaster Preparedness and Response at National Agency for Civil Protection which is under the Ministry of Defense, Robert Hysenllari informed about the situation of wildfires countrywide.
Hysenllari said that according to the data from the National Operational Center of Civil Emergencies 34 fires were reported during the last 24 hours.
“In the last 24 hours, the fire-extinguishing operations were carried out by 1004 operational forces of Fire Protection and Rescue Service, Armed Forces, municipal staff, police forces, employees of the Administration of Protected Areas, forest service, volunteer forces as well as 70 fire engines and the FA Cougar helicopter, which operated in Skuraj, Kurbin municipality and in the village of Dushkarak, Selenicë municipality,” he emphasized.
Hysenllari said that out of 34 wildfires throughout the country, only 9 are raging on.
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