Russian fire fighting airplane arrives in Nis

NIS - Russian fire fighting airplane “Beriev Be-200” arrived at Nis Airport on Monday where it will be on standby in case of big fires in Serbia and the region.

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Tuesday, 06.08.2013.

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NIS - Russian fire fighting airplane “Beriev Be-200” arrived at Nis Airport on Monday where it will be on standby in case of big fires in Serbia and the region. Djordje Babic, Deputy Head of the Emergency Situations Department of the Interior Ministry, told reporters that the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations had made a decision, on Serbia's request, to send an additional aircraft. Russian fire fighting airplane arrives in Nis Babic said that the cooperation with Russia started back in 2007 based on the agreement between the two governments and resulted in the Serbian-Russian humanitarian center based in Nis, southeast Serbia. The Russian aircraft will be stationed at the Nis airport as a precaution by the end of September, and it will be engaged in fire extinguishing on request of the countries in the region, said representatives of the two countries. Babic said that without Russia's help last year's big forest fires would not be so efficiently extinguished. Babic said that 19 people were killed in last year's fires, adding that in this period 100-150 fires in the open are reported each day. Tanjug Tanjug

Russian fire fighting airplane arrives in Nis

Babic said that the cooperation with Russia started back in 2007 based on the agreement between the two governments and resulted in the Serbian-Russian humanitarian center based in Nis, southeast Serbia.

The Russian aircraft will be stationed at the Nis airport as a precaution by the end of September, and it will be engaged in fire extinguishing on request of the countries in the region, said representatives of the two countries.

Babic said that without Russia's help last year's big forest fires would not be so efficiently extinguished.

Babic said that 19 people were killed in last year's fires, adding that in this period 100-150 fires in the open are reported each day.

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