TIRANA, Aug 27 /ATA/ -Firefighters, troops, local emergency teams have been battling and have extinguished at least 15 wildfires all over Albania in the past 24 hours, the Minister of Defence Niko Peleshi said on Sunday.
Defence Minister announced in a post on the social media that intense efforts are underway to put out two more active blazes.
“In the village of Kraste, Fushe-Kruje administrative unit, firefighters are battling with forest fire, with situation currently being under control. Intense efforts continued throughout the night to beat out the blaze that broke out yesterday afternoon at the waste dumpsite in Elbasan,” Peleshi said.
Defence Minister announced that “71 civil emergency members and troops, 16 fire trucks, coordinated by the Civil Protection Agency, have succeeded in containing the blazes.”
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