Fires spread in Kosovo, what institutions say

“Zjarre has in the region of Prizren, Peja, the region of Gjilan, Mitrovica. I do not know exactly what region has so far been left unmoved, except for the Pristina region”, Kocinaj said, adding that the situation is going by burden.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs said the site, which is at the moment more serious, is in the village of Steupak of Pec.

The “in all fire departments is engaged with full capacity of all responsible institutions, which are being co-ordinated by the MPB Operational Centre”, says an Interior Ministry communiqué.

Koqitaj said many teams have emerged on the ground working to extinguish the fires.

The Kosovo Security Force continues to be engaged with personnel and equipment in extinguishing the fires.

Also, with helicopters, KFOR's mission is engaged in extinguishing fires in the Rugova area of the Pec municipality.

KFOR's “Helicopters are engaged in the extinction of major fires that have erupted in the Rugova area, west of Kosovo. Kosovo institutions have called for KFOR's help to help local firefighters block the fires that have erupted, especially in unattainable areas by Kosovo authorities”, the KFOR mission's announcement said.

In the announcement, KFOR deputy commander, General Gunter Schöpf, was quoted as saying that “following the assessment of the mission's intervention impact, but also the possibility of spreading fire, decided to carry out the mission through two KFOR helicopters and Command for the East, which can collect water and cast it directly into question, provided immediate intervention”, says the report.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development has invited citizens to take maximum care of the preservation of forests, environments and forests.

This minister has said that at the time the country is facing high temperatures, unfortunately a disturbing phenomenon is also emerging, with the risk of human life, economic consequences and environmental damage.

The “is about the appearance of fires, emerging everywhere in Kosovo, from which forests, forest lands, but other rural and urban surfaces” are being damaged, the report says.

The Ministry of Agriculture has invited all responsible institutions from municipalities, the Municipal Units of the Kosovo Forests Agency, the fire service and police for co-ordination of actions, as well as increased cautions in preventing fires and mobilisation in their extinction.

Forests make up about 44.7 percent of the territory of the Republic of Kosovo.

Forest fires, apart from woody mass, also threaten wildlife and flora.