Disaster: Wildfires rage; Serbian Armed Forces deploy helicopters; Urgent evacuation ordered PHOTO/VIDEO

Reinforcements from Novi Sad dispatched to Deliblato Sands

According to media reports, members of the Novi Sad Fire and Rescue Brigade have been deployed to assist firefighting efforts in the Deliblato Sands.

The wildfire near the Deliblato Sands remains out of control

Firefighters returning from Spain to battle wildfire in the Deliblato Sands

Members of Serbia’s Emergency Situations Sector and the Ministry of the Interior’s Helicopter Unit, who were deployed to Spain to assist in firefighting operations, will head to the Deliblato Sands today to help extinguish the wildfire there, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said.

He added that the commander of the Helicopter Unit, Nenad Nedić, and the head of the Emergency Situations Sector, Luka Čaušić, will also be deployed to the Deliblato Sands, traveling in the helicopter that was used during the mission in Spain.

Critical situation also in southern Banat

View from Smederevo toward the Deliblato Sands

Serbian Armed Forces urgently deploy helicopters

Members of the Emergency Situations Sector who have returned from Spain, where they assisted in firefighting operations, are heading to the Deliblato Sands today to help tackle a major wildfire there, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said.

Terrifying photos of wildfires in Serbia