{"id":37753,"date":"2022-06-07T17:56:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T15:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=37753"},"modified":"2022-06-07T17:56:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T15:56:54","slug":"wildfires-in-sazan-island-and-mirdita-extinguished-says-defense-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wildfires-in-sazan-island-and-mirdita-extinguished-says-defense-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfires in Sazan Island and Mirdita extinguished, says Defense Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The wildfires that had been ravaging the island of Sazan and the city of Mirdita, have been officially extinguished, confirmed the Ministry of Defense.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, ministry officials stated that the fires across the Island of Sazan were completely neutralized after 3 days of continuous efforts by several rescue teams.<\/p>\n<p>According to the defense ministry, a total of 122 officers from our National Armed Forces, along with 9 trucks and 2 ships were involved in the efforts to put out the major Sazan wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, intervention from the air began through the Canadair CL 415 plane commissioned from neighboring Greece.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 54 officers from the Albanian Armed Forces joined the efforts to put out the fires that broke out in the northern Albanian region of Orosh in Mirdita.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wildfires that had been ravaging the island of Sazan and the city of Mirdita, have been officially extinguished, confirmed the Ministry of Defense. 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