Firefighters were able to put out the major brush fire that was spreading close to the Skopje – Veles highway, near Katlanovo, just south east of Skopje.
The fire broke out yesterday afternoon, presumably as the result of discarded cigarette butts. The sheer scale of it panicked local residents and commuters driving along the highway.
Two dozen firefighters fought until early Monday morning to put it out. The Katlanovo fire comes a week the large fire north of Veles, which destroyed the forest surrounding the Mladost lake.
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