How is the situation with fires in your country right now?
Posted by requiem_mn@reddit | AskBalkans | View on Reddit | 27 comments
Currently, situation in Montenegro is depressing, with multiple fires that started all over the country. With 2 out of 3 air tractors not airworthy for a couple of years, and with one or two military helicopters equiped for firefighting, it's basically not possible to do much.
Thankfully, Serbia sent one more heavier helicopter, Croatia sent one canadier, Slovenia and Italy are sending something soon apparently. Yesterday and they before it was both extremely hot, and windy, so basically everything started in just 2 days. Today, wind is down, so it is actually possible to put out fired, but there are so many.
And saddest part is, one soldier died. Hopefully, it will be only victim of this shit.
Nandox96@reddit
In Bulgaria is tragedy from 1 month.
Qimthipishkashit@reddit
Absolutely terrible, several villages had to be EVACUATED and its gotten pretty bad in gramsh specifically, two villages over there were even burnt to the ground!
Austerlitz2310@reddit
They just made it illegal to go hiking in Eastern Canada because of the fires. Some guy got a $28000 fine.
Dame_Ivy@reddit
Dalmatia is burning... canadiers, firefighters from all over the country, soldiers, volunter firefighters, days of fighting the fires. This happens every year, this year this would maybe be the third big forest fire we had. Excluding the houses which went up in flames.
Though I would say Montenegro has had a very very bad year with fires, with the night club.... ðŸ˜
manguardGr@reddit
Awful! Many many places in Greece are in fires, even villages and small towns... 😢
dominus_23@reddit
In Greece is hell the last 2 days..
HumanMan00@reddit
South Serbia was in flames recently.
Put out with tremendeous effort of local fire departments and locals. Villages got caught and what not. A lot of forest went up in flames.
We semt choppera to help Montenegro but we have yet to see them in the south.
We assume it's punishment for civil unrest.Â
requiem_mn@reddit (OP)
Wait, are fires still active? I'm all for help, but countries have obligations for their own citizens first and foremost.
HumanMan00@reddit
No, not at that scale but the choppers were nowhere to be found while they were active.
PurpleDrax@reddit
It got political here. People from the opposition(parties) were caught and arrested for starting fires all over the country.
No wonder our iq regularly ranks lowest in Europe
Imaginary_String_814@reddit
from wich party ?
PurpleDrax@reddit
I'm not 100% but i think it was evenly split between DUI and SDSM. (Biggest Albanian party and second Macedonian both in opposition)
Painkiller94@reddit
That’s just sad
thatsexypotato-@reddit
It’s just sad man
requiem_mn@reddit (OP)
Man, I can't believe it's politically worse than here. We are bad, but that is next level bad
BDP-SCP@reddit
In Istria the situation is calm por normal, there were just today 2 minor fires but were quickly put out. YOu can say that fire protection in Istria is very well organized.
requiem_mn@reddit (OP)
Yeah, Istra is always its own thing. Good for you. I'm guessing a lot of volunteer firefighters
ZAMAHACHU@reddit
Nothing in Bosnia that I'm aware of. Yet.
requiem_mn@reddit (OP)
Good news from somewhere.
Diligent_Breath_643@reddit
Albania is really bad today,there are more than 40 live fires around the country ,lots of villages have been evacuated.One life has passed away, but thanks for the help of Slovakia, Czech Republic,and Italy with their planes
requiem_mn@reddit (OP)
Sad. Here, I think firefighters manage to save most of the property, I think only one barn perished. I hope that today, with the wind gone, fires will be localized.
Normal-Avocado99@reddit
50*
Normal-Avocado99@reddit
Many fires going on, a whole village was wiped off the map, cows, cattle, 6 other villages evacuated, there are gray clouds and the sun is blurry even in Tirana
taYetlyodDL@reddit
Really bad to put it mildly
requiem_mn@reddit (OP)
Well, if we have fires, it's likely you (and Herzegovina, and slightly less likely Dalmatia) to have fires.
doctorpoopypant@reddit
As I was reading this I got a fire alert on my phone So...
DarbukaciTavsan82@reddit
Bigger fires every year but not bigger preperations for it. Same number of trucks (more or less) for 3 years with all those years there being giant fires. Damages only being compensated by debts and not payouts. Farmlands destroyed and forest burned downed being opened for hotel constructions. One day we will get our revenge by blood so I guess let them have their idiotic moment