A video provided by Top Channel journalist Bruna Kërçyku shows the moment when residents of the village of Skënderbegas face moments of terror as the fire approached their homes.
The situation also alarmed fire crews.
"Let's go, we're going to burn," says one of the firefighters.
Meanwhile, shell explosions are heard in the area as a result of the flames engulfing the mountain.
The situation in the Skënderbegas unit of Gramsh continues to be aggravated as a result of the fire that is spreading from village to village.
39 homes were burned down, large areas of forest and bushes, but also dozens of livestock that were surrounded by flames.
At noon, the flames entered the eighth village of this unit.
More than 350 firefighters are working to extinguish the fire, assisted by helicopters./ TCH