TIRANA, July 13 /ATA/ -Firefighters, military personnel and local emergency crews have contained the wildfires in the area of Delvina, southern Albania, and the situation has normalized after battling the fires for days now, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Anila Denaj said on Saturday.
Agriculture Minister announced that firefighters, local crews, troops, as well as two PZL firefighting aircraft deployed by the neighbouring Greece, battled and put the blazes under control and situation in Delvina has returned back to normality.
“I would like to express gratitude to all the crews and Greek authorities, who helped by sending two PZL aircraft to extinguish the fires,” Denaj said.
Extremely dry and windy conditions over the last few days have caused multiple fires, mostly in Albania’s south.
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