Wildfires across Tjentište endanger Bosnia's oldest national park as blaze in Albania persists
Three armed forces helicopters were working to control the blaze in Bosnia, while choppers from Serbia were said to be on their way on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the flames in Albania's Mali i Thatë or Dry Mountains, located along the eastern border with North Macedonia, have been burning for a week.
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00:00A fire in Tijentist has spread to the Suteska National Park in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
00:07Authorities say the fire has put the centuries-old coniferous forest at risk.
00:12They requested assistance from the armed forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina to combat the fire at the Tijentist site.
00:19Around 150 hectares of forest and pastures in the Suteska National Park are currently on fire.
00:25It is a very difficult situation, especially because the trees that are being cut down, the stones,
00:31the wider areas where we put out the fire, after a few minutes we have to go back to that part
00:39because it is a very, very steep area, canyons, where the pressure of those trees that are on fire is activated again.
00:55As fires continue to rage in at least 11 remote mountainous spots in the region,
01:01fire teams were seen using helicopters and water hoses to control the flames within the mountains of the town,
01:07located 255 kilometers south of the capital, Tirana.
01:13The Albanian Defense Ministry reported that flames in the dry mountain along the border with North Macedonia to the east
01:20had been ongoing for a week.
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