Fires ravage W. Balkans region as dry weather continues
15 persons have been injured in a fire that spread in the Macedonian town of Strumica - five of whom seriously - the MIA news agency is reporting.
Tuesday, 24.07.2012.
10:16
STRUMICA, PODGORICA 15 persons have been injured in a fire that spread in the Macedonian town of Strumica - five of whom seriously - the MIA news agency is reporting. Among them are seven children, who escaped with minor injuries. Fires ravage W. Balkans region as dry weather continues Wildfires also spread to about 100 hectares of pine woods above Strumica, but firefighters managed to contain the blaze late on Monday. State officials, including PM Nikola Gruevski, visited those injured in the fire who are now being treated in Strumica and Skopje. In Montenegro, a fire broke out at a refugee camp in the capital city of Podgorica on Tuesday. The camp houses Roma refugees who escaped from Kosovo and Metohija. There have been no reports of any casualties so far. In Croatia, hurricane-strength winds along the coast on Monday caused wildfires to spread, with smoke and ashes closing a section of the Adriatic highway and some bridges connecting islands with the mainland. Reports said that one firefighter from the coastal resort of Opatija died in the hospital after collapsing during an intervention. (Beta, file) B92 Beta Tanjug
Fires ravage W. Balkans region as dry weather continues
Wildfires also spread to about 100 hectares of pine woods above Strumica, but firefighters managed to contain the blaze late on Monday.State officials, including PM Nikola Gruevski, visited those injured in the fire who are now being treated in Strumica and Skopje.
In Montenegro, a fire broke out at a refugee camp in the capital city of Podgorica on Tuesday. The camp houses Roma refugees who escaped from Kosovo and Metohija.
There have been no reports of any casualties so far.
In Croatia, hurricane-strength winds along the coast on Monday caused wildfires to spread, with smoke and ashes closing a section of the Adriatic highway and some bridges connecting islands with the mainland.
Reports said that one firefighter from the coastal resort of Opatija died in the hospital after collapsing during an intervention.
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