SPLIT, Aug 16 (Hina) - A large bush-fire broke out on Wednesday morning in the Bogomolje region on Croatia's central Adriatic island of Hvar. Tomislav Vukov, deputy commander of Croatia's professional fire-fighting units, who is on
the field, has told Hina the fire has caught a very large part of land and that the situation on the island is quite serious. Unofficial sources say the fire has caught over ten kilometres of land. Emergency fire-fighting units from almost all over southern Croatia have been engaged in extinguishing the flames, as have all available canadair aircraft and helicopters.(hina) ha
SPLIT, Aug 16 (Hina) - A large bush-fire broke out on Wednesday
morning in the Bogomolje region on Croatia's central Adriatic
island of Hvar.
Tomislav Vukov, deputy commander of Croatia's professional fire-
fighting units, who is on the field, has told Hina the fire has
caught a very large part of land and that the situation on the island
is quite serious.
Unofficial sources say the fire has caught over ten kilometres of
land. Emergency fire-fighting units from almost all over southern
Croatia have been engaged in extinguishing the flames, as have all
available canadair aircraft and helicopters.
(hina) ha