TIRANA, Aug 22 /ATA/ – Albania’s Defence Ministry said on Friday that 13 wildfire outbreaks had been recorded in recent hours, of which nine have been extinguished, two remain active and two are under monitoring.
Firefighters, backed by Armed Forces helicopters, are working in several areas to contain the blazes.
One fire is active in Peze Helmes, near Tirana, where crews are keeping flames under surveillance inside an already-burned perimeter. Another blaze has flared in Ibe, also near Tirana, in shrubland inaccessible to fire engines; 12 firefighters and four civil emergency staff are on the ground with individual equipment.
In Germenj Nature Park near Leskovik, 14 firefighters with three vehicles and six police officers continue efforts to put out flames. In Dermish, in southern Vlora region, 20 local firefighters, 20 volunteers and two Armed Forces helicopters are operating over shrubland fires that currently pose no threat to homes.
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