ZAGREB, Aug 30 (Hina) - The State Alert Centre on Wednesday morning issued a report on fires in Dubrovnik-Neretva, Split-Dalmatia, Sibenik-Knin and Zadar counties. Firefighters have put out a fire which re-erupted at Brgat in
Dubrovnik County yesterday morning. The firefighters were assisted by a firefighting plane because the fire broke out in a mine-infested area. A 150-by-150-metre area was burned down by the fire. Another fire, which re-erupted yesterday on the Peljesac peninsula, was extinguished yesterday afternoon. A firefighting plane and an Air-Tractor assisted firefighters. Firefighters have brought under control fires on the locations Ogorje-Duboka Draga in the Muc municipality, Sinj-Donja Tijarica-Vostane-Kamensko, Lucane-Hrvace-Zelovo on Plisivica Hill, on Mt. Svilaja (between Split and Sibenik counties), and in the Klis area in Split County. The fires have burned down some 8,300 hectares of underbrush
ZAGREB, Aug 30 (Hina) - The State Alert Centre on Wednesday morning
issued a report on fires in Dubrovnik-Neretva, Split-Dalmatia,
Sibenik-Knin and Zadar counties.
Firefighters have put out a fire which re-erupted at Brgat in
Dubrovnik County yesterday morning. The firefighters were assisted
by a firefighting plane because the fire broke out in a mine-
infested area. A 150-by-150-metre area was burned down by the
fire.
Another fire, which re-erupted yesterday on the Peljesac
peninsula, was extinguished yesterday afternoon. A firefighting
plane and an Air-Tractor assisted firefighters.
Firefighters have brought under control fires on the locations
Ogorje-Duboka Draga in the Muc municipality, Sinj-Donja Tijarica-
Vostane-Kamensko, Lucane-Hrvace-Zelovo on Plisivica Hill, on Mt.
Svilaja (between Split and Sibenik counties), and in the Klis area
in Split County. The fires have burned down some 8,300 hectares of
underbrush and leaf and evergreen forests.
Fires on Mt. Dinara are still active.
A fire, which broke out on Mt. Kamesnica in neighbouring Bosnia-
Herzegovina, and which spread to the area of the Gljev village in
Split County, was contained yesterday. The blaze has consumed about
30 hectares of underbrush and dense oak forest.
Firefighters have put out a fire near Cista Provo.
A new fire erupted yesterday at Oton Bender in Sibenik County. The
blaze is spreading over an area of 35 hectares. Firefighters have
managed to extinguish a fire which broke out between Raslina and
Gacelez yesterday. An area of 25 hectares has been burned down.
A 110-kilovolt power transmission line supplying power to the town
of Biograd was disconnected while firefighters were battling the
blaze.
A new fire broke out near Otric in Sibenik County yesterday. Several
fires are burning in the area between Gracac and Knin.
The fire at the location Zrmanja-Prljevo is still active. The blaze
is spreading over 1,200 hectares of forests and underbrush. Efforts
to extinguish the blaze are being hampered by a gale.
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