Fire blocks railroad traffic in Montenegro

PODGORICA A fire that broke out near Podgorica blocked traffic on the Belgrade-Bar railway on Tuesday. The traffic has been blocked since 10:00 CET. Fire blocks railroad traffic in Montenegro According to a police statement, the railway is closed due to the fire that burns near the villages of Bioce and Bratonozici. The terrain is very rough and inaccessible and a strong northern wind is additionally making it hard for the firefighters to extinguish the fire. “The fire broke out 700 meters from the Mala Rijeka tunnel,” Montenegrin Railway Infrastructure Board of Directors President Zarija Franovic told Podgorica-based daily Vijesti. He added that the fire was almost completely put out and that the traffic should resume soon. Franovic stressed that the railway infrastructure was not damaged and that it was possible that the fire was caused by negligence and that “somebody threw a cigarette butt out of the window”. (Tanjug) Tanjug vijesti.me

Fire blocks railroad traffic in Montenegro

According to a police statement, the railway is closed due to the fire that burns near the villages of Bioče and Bratonožići. The terrain is very rough and inaccessible and a strong northern wind is additionally making it hard for the firefighters to extinguish the fire.

“The fire broke out 700 meters from the Mala Rijeka tunnel,” Montenegrin Railway Infrastructure Board of Directors President Zarija Franović told Podgorica-based daily Vijesti.

He added that the fire was almost completely put out and that the traffic should resume soon.

Franović stressed that the railway infrastructure was not damaged and that it was possible that the fire was caused by negligence and that “somebody threw a cigarette butt out of the window”.