After an intensive operation lasting several hours with 6 fire engines and over 50 personnel from several municipalities, assisted by local residents, the flames in Drenova, Mallakastra, were neutralized, avoiding danger to homes and cemeteries in the area.
According to preliminary damage estimates, the fire burned about 10 hectares of olive groves and shrubby forest, while firefighting forces continue to monitor the terrain to prevent the fires from reactivating.
Meanwhile, in Palasa, Vlora, firefighters have been battling a fire since midnight. Two helicopters were called in to bring the fire under control.
Another large fire engulfed the village of Bardhet in Fushë-Arrëz, where the flames burned pine forest areas and approached homes. After several hours of intervention by firefighters from Fushë Arrëz, Puka, the forest service and residents, the fire was brought under control. It is initially suspected that the fire was caused by the carelessness of some children, while their father was accompanying them.
Also on Saturday, a fire was extinguished in the Hospital District in Lezha. The flames, which started in a pile of garbage, spread to the apartments, but the quick intervention of firefighters prevented damage. The police have launched an investigation into the causes of the fire.