{"id":70542,"date":"2024-07-31T13:23:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T11:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=70542"},"modified":"2024-07-31T13:23:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T11:23:41","slug":"shengjin-authorities-announce-full-containment-of-fire-hotspots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/shengjin-authorities-announce-full-containment-of-fire-hotspots\/","title":{"rendered":"Sh\u00ebngjin, authorities announce full containment of fire hotspots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence of Albania announced that it has achieved full containment of the fire hotspots in Sh\u00ebngjin, while emergency teams continue working to extinguish them. The firefighting teams are being supported by members of the Armed Forces, the Police, local structures, and two Canadair aircraft from Italy.<\/p>\n<p>A day earlier, the situation in Sh\u00ebngjin worsened as flames engulfed a tourist complex in the area known as Rana e Hedhun. The fire reached the coastline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortunately, there were no injuries, only minimal damage to businesses in the area of the fire, including two beach bars and the roof of a house,\u201d the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Sh\u00ebngjin, it was reported that a difficult situation has also arisen over the city of Tepelena, where, according to the Ministry of Defence, \u201cthe fire has gone out of control due to strong winds\u201d, which facilitate the spread of the flames.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Defence stated that intensive efforts are being made to extinguish several other fire hotspots in the village of Zavalin\u00eb in the Elbasan municipality and in the Viroi Lake area in the Gjirokast\u00ebr municipality.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday morning, authorities in Sh\u00ebngjin reported that the fire situation is improving. The Prefecture of Lezh\u00eb announced that during the night, several fire hotspots that flared up from Saturday afternoon were extinguished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor today, all firefighting resources that were present the previous day will operate, along with 300 Armed Forces personnel and around 100 municipal forces. Operations are ongoing on the ground to extinguish any remaining fire hotspots [burning stumps],\u201d said the Prefecture of Lezh\u00eb.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the firefighting forces, the Cougar helicopter from the Ministry of Defence of Albania and two Canadair aircraft from Italy have been deployed as part of the support from the European Civil Protection Mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>Albania has about 147 firefighting vehicles, 1,300 personnel, and two Cougar helicopters, which, according to authorities, are insufficient to handle the fire situation during the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence of Albania announced that it has achieved full containment of the fire hotspots in Sh\u00ebngjin, while emergency teams continue working to extinguish them. The firefighting teams are being supported by members of the Armed Forces, the Police, local structures, and two Canadair aircraft from Italy. 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