Firefighter, policeman injured as wildfire erupts

MT. TARA A wildfire on Mt. Tara on Thursday afternoon broke through a protective barrier set up to contain it, injuring two MUP personnel: a firefighter and a Gendarme. The Gendarme broke his leg, while the firefighter suffered eye injury. Firefighter, policeman injured as wildfire erupts According to the public broadcaster RTS, some 30 firefighters managed to save their lives at the last moment and escape after being trapped by the blaze that suddenly spread from a canyon near Ostrelj Hill, fanned by strong winds. MUP Emergency Situations Sector chief Predrag Maric said that on Wednesday much work had been done successfully to localize an entire area covered by wildfires, but that the stretch toward Mt. Mokra Gora was still out of control. This location is now the focus of the efforts of firefighters, who are joined by Serbian police helicopters and a Russian airplane. Russian Emergency Situations Ministry official Valery Shukhov said on Thursday that one more aircraft and a helicopter will be sent to Mt. Tara. In the meantime 300 people are deployed in the field fighting to prevent the fire - which has now been contained on three sides - from spreading. The fire on the western Serbia mountain broke out on August 23, spreading to 1,000 hectares in the next few days. During Wednesday, 202 other wildfires were registered in Serbia. The number again increased as daily temperatures are once again rising in the country, which has also been hit by a severe drought. This Aug. 27 photo shows an area of Mt. Tara affected by wildfires (Tanjug) Fires break out again in northern Kosovo villages Meanwhile, a fire that was localized in the Desetak village in the northern Kosovo municipality of Leposavic late Wednesday started spreading towards the village of Josanica during the night. Chief of the Leposavic natural disasters department Milenko Milentijevic told Tanjug that about 70 hectares, mostly low-growing plants, on the path to Josanica were on fire since the night before. He added that a forest on the way to the village of Gnjezdane was also caught on fire, adding that fire crews and citizens were on the ground and that the fire should be localized during the day. Over the past two days, the fires in the villages above Leposavic have destroyed about 150 hectares of woods and undergrowth. Thanks to the firefighters and local people, the blaze did not reach houses in the villages of Desetak and Gnjezdane. About ten days ago, firefighters managed to put out a huge fire that destroyed more than 100 hectares of forest on Mount Rogozna in the Leposavic municipality, after fighting it for several days. RTS Tanjug

Firefighter, policeman injured as wildfire erupts

According to the public broadcaster RTS, some 30 firefighters managed to save their lives at the last moment and escape after being trapped by the blaze that suddenly spread from a canyon near Oštrelj Hill, fanned by strong winds.

MUP Emergency Situations Sector chief Predrag Marić said that on Wednesday much work had been done successfully to localize an entire area covered by wildfires, but that the stretch toward Mt. Mokra Gora was still out of control.

This location is now the focus of the efforts of firefighters, who are joined by Serbian police helicopters and a Russian airplane.

Russian Emergency Situations Ministry official Valery Shukhov said on Thursday that one more aircraft and a helicopter will be sent to Mt. Tara.

In the meantime 300 people are deployed in the field fighting to prevent the fire - which has now been contained on three sides - from spreading.

The fire on the western Serbia mountain broke out on August 23, spreading to 1,000 hectares in the next few days.

During Wednesday, 202 other wildfires were registered in Serbia. The number again increased as daily temperatures are once again rising in the country, which has also been hit by a severe drought.

Fires break out again in northern Kosovo villages

Meanwhile, a fire that was localized in the Desetak village in the northern Kosovo municipality of Leposavić late Wednesday started spreading towards the village of Jošanica during the night.

Chief of the Leposavić natural disasters department Milenko Milentijević told Tanjug that about 70 hectares, mostly low-growing plants, on the path to Jošanica were on fire since the night before.

He added that a forest on the way to the village of Gnježdane was also caught on fire, adding that fire crews and citizens were on the ground and that the fire should be localized during the day.

Over the past two days, the fires in the villages above Leposavić have destroyed about 150 hectares of woods and undergrowth.

Thanks to the firefighters and local people, the blaze did not reach houses in the villages of Desetak and Gnježdane.

About ten days ago, firefighters managed to put out a huge fire that destroyed more than 100 hectares of forest on Mount Rogozna in the Leposavić municipality, after fighting it for several days.