TIRANA, July 9 /ATA/ – A military “Cougar” helicopter and around 30 troops resumed operations on Tuesday morning to put out wildfires in rural areas of Dropull Municipality, southern Albanian region of Gjirokaster.
The Minister of Defence Niko Peleshi announced that the blaze has also spread to nearby villages of Pecë and Kardhikaq in Finiq Municipality.
Sharing images of the ongoing operations to extinguish the wildfires, Defence Minister Peleshi said that under coordination of the National Civil Protection Agency, Armed Forces members have joined local firefighters and emergency crews in the municipalities of Finiq, Delvine, Sarande, Dropull, Gjirokaster and Permet to stabilize the situation triggered by the flames that broke out a day ago.
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