TIRANA, August 14/ATA/ Prime Minister Edi Rama stated today that 207 houses have been damaged by the fires that has been raging in several areas of the country, but 40 families have so far lost their homes, completely.
In a video message, Rama said that the last 72 hours were extremely difficult due to the raging fires.
“I want to express solidarity to those families that have lost their homes during the fire”, emphasized Rama.
The head of government said that, “I want to assure everyone, whether the families that have lost their homes completely or have suffered damage to their homes from the fire; the relevant authorities are doing an inventory of these damages and certainly, like it has happened in the past, it will happen again”.
“No one will be alone and no one will be left without seeing the government stand by their side, without having the state by their side to restore a better and stronger home for them as well as to receive the appropriate compensation for the lost cattle”, Rama said, adding that so far 3,619 heads of livestock have been lost.
PM Rama promised that they will be compensated one by one without any discussion, while adding that, “the inventory of damages continues”.
On the other hand, Rama expressed gratitude and held in high estimation all forces engaged in the field.
“There were a total of 10,249 forces engaged, but first of all I want to express gratitude, respect, thanks to the fire brigades, which deserve the highest estimation”, said Rama. /k.s/j.p/p.s./
