More than a thousand firefighters, hundreds of policemen, soldiers and helicopters douse the flames on the Slovenian-Italian border, where the flames are burning for a fifth day. According to the Slovenian press, there is. There has never been such a devastating fire in the country before, according to MTI.
Slovenian public television reported, on Friday, that a volunteer of the Italian Civil Defense was killed Thursday evening when a burning tree fell on him.
Photo: JURE MAKOVEC / AFP
Residents of Wojcieka, Temnica and Novella were also evacuated from three border settlements, and about four hundred people were housed in a nearby settlement. People tried to go home on Thursday, but due to the recurring outbreak of unrest, most of them had to spend the night in temporary housing again. According to the Minister of Defense, Marjan Sarik, the fire does not threaten residential buildings, but due to the thick smoke, it is not recommended to stay in the affected area.
The fire destroyed an area of more than two thousand hectares. Italian, Croatian, Austrian and Slovak planes and helicopters are also assisting local firefighters in the fight. According to the Ministry of Defense, more than 900,000 liters of water were sprayed from the air over the affected area.
According to the information of the official authorities, their work has also become difficult due to the presence of many unexploded bombs and mines from previous wars in the area affected by the fire, and now they are exploding due to the heat.
Just on Friday morning, we wrote at length about how difficult it is getting Hell has reached Europe with longer heat waves: Wildfires are blazing in France, Spain and Portugal, and even in Belgium and London, and severe droughts have caused the fires to erupt.
