Two witnesses who were present at the scene of the landslide on the Librazhd-Qafë Thanë axis spoke to the media and described the danger of that moment.
One of the citizens said that he was at the scene about 5 minutes before the landslide. He added that he was notified of the landslide by the driver of a 'Benz', who had turned on his lights.
According to the citizen in question, the driver of the 'Benz' was at greater risk, as he was closer in time and location to the moment of the landslide.
"One of them did it to us with his lights, he was in a Benz. He did it to us with his lights and told us that there was a landslide. Then when we got closer here we saw this one fall and we didn't... I think we escaped for 10 minutes, or 5 minutes. Or no, I think less. This one was 100-200 meters away, I was behind this one. The other one with the Benz escaped well," said one of the witnesses at the scene.
Meanwhile, another citizen who was present during the landslide indicated that he was only 100 meters away from the site when the event occurred.
"I was 100 meters away when the earth fell. The moment my lights went on, we came here, we saw the collapsed mountain. God forbid, what else can I say. It's good that they're opening the way for us," said another person present at the scene, at the moment the mass of earth broke away.
Other citizens have been waiting for hours on the street.
They express outrage as the road remains blocked.
"We've been waiting for an hour and a half. We're coming from Tirana, we're going to Macedonia. They haven't given us any information, we don't know what's going on. The road is finally opening for us to escape to our family."
"We've been waiting for five hours, we're sick. No one has informed us. We're sick and we're waiting, what can we do?"
"I was 100 meters away when the mountain collapsed. We have been waiting for two hours, we believe they will open the road," some of them said.