ZAGREB, Aug 21 (Hina) - The fire which broke out on Saturday afternoon near Pazin, in Istria County, was contained on Sunday evening, after having consumed more than 20 hectares of underbrush and leaf forest, the State Alert Centre
reported on Sunday evening. Another fire, which broke out near Rudopolje in Lika-Senj County on Saturday, has approached the national park Plitvicka jezera. Measures have been taken to prevent the blaze from spreading onto the park and two helicopters and a firefighting plane are participating in efforts to put out the blaze, which has consumed about 10 hectares of land. In Split-Dalmatia County, two fires broke out yesterday morning in Podosoj, near Sinj and in Otisic, near Vrlika. Efforts to put out the fire in Podosoj were hampered by the fact that the fire broke out in a mine-infested area. The fire in Otisic has consumed about 25 hectares of land. The fire which broke out in Sicane,
ZAGREB, Aug 21 (Hina) - The fire which broke out on Saturday
afternoon near Pazin, in Istria County, was contained on Sunday
evening, after having consumed more than 20 hectares of underbrush
and leaf forest, the State Alert Centre reported on Sunday
evening.
Another fire, which broke out near Rudopolje in Lika-Senj County on
Saturday, has approached the national park Plitvicka jezera.
Measures have been taken to prevent the blaze from spreading onto
the park and two helicopters and a firefighting plane are
participating in efforts to put out the blaze, which has consumed
about 10 hectares of land.
In Split-Dalmatia County, two fires broke out yesterday morning in
Podosoj, near Sinj and in Otisic, near Vrlika. Efforts to put out
the fire in Podosoj were hampered by the fact that the fire broke out
in a mine-infested area. The fire in Otisic has consumed about 25
hectares of land.
The fire which broke out in Sicane, in the Dicmo municipality, in
the Split hinterland, has consumed some 200 hectares of
underbrush.
Yesterday afternoon, firefighters put out a fire which broke out
earlier in the day in Tracenica, in the Kastela area.
The fire which broke out on Saturday in Oklaj, in Sibenik County,
was put out yesterday morning, after having consumed 600 hectares
of underbrush.
Another fire, which broke out on Saturday in Mokro Polje, was put
out yesterday morning. The blaze has consumed some 78 hectares of
underbrush and leaf forest.
The fire which broke out near the Cetina River was still active
yesterday evening. The blaze has consumed about 400 hectares of
underbrush and leaf forest.
The fire which broke out yesterday noon on the island of Peljesac in
Dubrovnik-Neretva County was contained yesterday afternoon. Some
five hectares of underbrush and evergreen forest have been consumed
by the fire.
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