THE heat It beats in the Balkans with temperatures reaching even 421 degrees Celsius, while fires We had in Croatia and Northern Macedonia.
On Monday, seven forest fires in Northern Macedonia and one in Croatia have broken out due to the heat and raging thousands of acres.
In Northern Macedonia the situation is worse, while the country’s crisis management center called on residents to “respect the measures and instructions addressed by the competent institutions for a responsible behavior in the open spaces”.
Some of the fronts have been raging for days, especially in Ezerani Natural Park, a protected area on the banks of the Prespa Lake. A firefighting aircraft and firefighters, as well as rangers, fight with flames.
However, the country has recorded deficiencies in the number of firefighters and equipment for years. According to the country’s mayors’ Union, there are fewer than 400 firefighters in the country, half of those required by law. With regard to firefighters, their age is on average 27 years.
A fire also rages today in Croatia, near the tourist town of Sibenik. No residence is currently threatened and six aircraft as well as at least 60 firefighters fight with flames.
In neighboring Serbia, the whole country has today been on a red alarm for heat, but temperatures that reached 38 degrees Celsius today in many cities, including in the capital Belgrade, are expected to decline overnight.
This wave of heat, the second of the early summer, is added to the drought recorded in Serbia: based on official meteorological data, Klima101 experts, a Serbian NGO that monitors the impact of climate change, found that June 205 was June 205.
In Bosnia, the northern part and part of the center of the country are also on a red alert, with mercury expected to range between 36 and 40 degrees Celsius in the area of Banja Luka.
In Albania, temperatures tomorrow are projected to reach locally between 37 and 41 degrees Celsius, while five fire fronts remained uncontrollably late Monday afternoon.