TIRANA, August 9/ATA/ The Town Hall of Puka reported that two fires were extinguished today without any consequences.
The Town Hall emphasized that, “The coordination chain set up to deal with the fire situation in the territory of the municipality of Pukë is working fantastically so far, which has also been reflected in the situation on the ground, which has so far been dealt with without consequences”.
“Fast information brought the intervention of the Fire Service in record time”, the Town Hall emphasized in a post on social networks.
“Today, two fires were extinguished without any consequences. The fire in the forest area of the Gjegjan administrative unit, which started at around 08:00, was brought under control quickly, while it was fully extinguished at around 12:30. As a result, an area of 1 hectare of oak forest and bushes was engulfed by the flames, but without burning the vegetation. To put out this fire, there were engaged 1 fire engine with 3 officers, 3 specialists of the Forestry Service and 10 employees of public services in the Gjegjan administrative unit”, said Town Hall of Puka.
The Town Hall added that, “The next fire appeared near the mobile phone transmitters above the Kukaj neighbourhood at around 12:00, while it was difficult to fully extinguish it only an hour later. To extinguish this fire, there were engaged 2 fire engines, 8 officers, 4 forest service specialists and 12 residents of the area. The covered area was 0.5 hectares of pine forest. Fortunately, the forest trees were not damaged.”
“Until now, 26 fires have started in the territory of the municipality of Puka, which fortunately have been extinguished without causing any consequences”, informed the Town Hall of Puka./p.s./
