Fires in southern, central, western Serbia

A Russian water bomber is expected to later Tuesday join efforts to contain forest fires on the Stara Mountain.

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Tuesday, 24.07.2007.

09:29

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Fires in southern, central, western Serbia

A new fire broke out in a village near Pirot Monday while 50 acres of forest are still burning in the Stara Mountain range.

Also, at Black Peak near Bor, a fire has engulfed 50 acres of forest during the last 24 hours.

The fire is burning on the territory of the village of Brestovac, but the commander of the Bor firefighter brigade Miodrag Marković said earlier that with help from the police and citizens, the fires have been localized.

However, on the other side of the village, the blaze has spread into the village of Mali Krivelj which is closer to the Black Peak summit.

Some 500 men are currently employed in the region battling the disaster, while 2,500 are on stand-by, officials told Beta.

Dry weather and record temperatures that today reached 44 degrees Celsius in much of the country are fueling the fires.

Meanwhile, Itar-Tass reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin received a message from Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica, requesting Russia to render aid to Serbia in putting out the forest fires.

The message stresses that the present “critical situation inflicts huge damage and threatens life and health of Serbian citizens”, reported the presidential press service on Tuesday.

The Russian president issued an instruction to Minister for Emergencies Sergei Shoigu to take measures on meeting the request of the Serbian side and organizing emergency aid in extinguishing fires.

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