Tag: fires
Macedonia 02.08.24 | 16:23

EU sends help to fight forest fires in Macedonia

The European Commission coordinated help from Germany, Sweden, Czechia and Slovenia to help Macedonia fight the forest fires. Germany an Sweden will dispatch two fire fighting planes each and Czechia and Slovenia will contribute a helicopter each, on top of the helicopter given by Serbia. EU is also...
Macedonia 27.07.24 | 18:29

Two forest fires remain active, one was placed under control

Several forest fires remain active in the country, reported the CUK crisis center. One of the fires is reported in the rugged terrain near Makedonski Brod, towards the village of Tazevo. Pine forest is affected here. In the hard hit region of Stip, between the villages Hadzi Hamzali and Crska on the...
Macedonia 27.07.22 | 10:27

Three active fires, largest burning at Krivolak

Crisis Management Center (CMC) director Stojance Angelov early on Wednesday oversaw with police helicopter the three active fires burning in the country, CMC said in a press release. The largest fire is burning in close to the area of the Krivolak military training ground, where an army and a police...
Macedonia 26.07.22 | 10:06

Two active fires in Strumica and Tetovo, eight contained

Two fires are active in the country, between the Strumica villages of Trebicino and Vasilevo and in Tetovo, where the landfill is burning. Teams of the Tetovo Territorial Fire Fighting Unit are on the ground, and they are extinguishing the fire. The Center for Crisis Management (CMC) informs that the...
Macedonia 14.06.22 | 13:22

If there are fires this summer, only God can help us: The planes that Zaev promised to repair in 10 days last year, are out of service

If there are big fires this summer, we can only pray to God to send us rain. The authorities did not learn the lesson from last year when fires were raging and when we had to call for help from several countries that came with equipped firefighters, planes and helicopters. This year we are welcoming...
Macedonia 22.12.21 | 11:35

VMRO-DPMNE: SDSM to answer why there are so many fires in state institutions

VMRO-DPMNE asks the ruling SDSM through the media, whether the reason for the frequent fires in buildings housing state institutions is destruction of documentation? This morning, a fourth fire broke out in a state institution. The fire in the PE “Streets and Roads” comes after a series of...
Macedonia 14.08.21 | 14:09

Three active wildfires in Saraj, Demir Kapija and Debar

Three wildfires are active in the country – near the villages of Raovikj and Bukovikj in Saraj municipality, near the villages of Barovo and Veshje in Demir Kapija municipality and near the village of Gorno Melnicani in Debar municipality. The spokesperson of the Crisis Management Center Nadica...
Macedonia 13.08.21 | 10:09

Zaev vacationing in the neighborhood, while Macedonia is burning

The deserter Zoran Zaev has been vacationing for 5 days on a beach in the neighborhood, while there are forest fires all over Macedonia, said VMRO-DPMNE on Friday. In the midst of the largest fires that have affected our country, where there was a danger to the lives of citizens, the criminal Zoran Zaev...
Macedonia 12.08.21 | 10:09

Experts from France, Montenegro and the United States to help the country deal with the fires

Until last night, there were six active fires on the territory of the country, three of which were of higher intensity, three others were contained, and one was put under control. The Crisis Management Center, the situation with the fires is monitored through the the Next-Generation Incident Command...
Macedonia 11.08.21 | 15:37

Fires near Raovikj, Bukovikj still active, Krushje, Toplica fires tamed

Three wildfires are still raging in Macedonia, despite ongoing efforts to suppress the flames. The forest fire near ​the villages of Raovikj and Bukovikj in Skopje’s Saraj has reached the Jasen national preserve. The Krushe village fire headed for the Divlje village in Petrovec is also burning, as...
Macedonia 11.08.21 | 10:04

Still active fires in several places in the country, help expected to arrive from Montenegro and France

Efforts to extinguish the fires,which are still active in several places in the country, continue. It is critical in the Kumanovo and Prilep region, but also in the village of Pobozje, where three houses were engulfed by the fire yesterday. Teams from Austria, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania are intervening...
Macedonia 10.08.21 | 21:46

France to send assistance to fight fires in Macedonia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bujar Osmani, wrote on Facebook after the assistance that the country received from the EU member states: Austria, Slovenia, Romania and Bulgaria, as well as from neighboring Serbia, as of tomorrow France will join the efforts to extinguish the fires in the country. Tomorrow...
Macedonia 10.08.21 | 10:40

1,500 Army members engaged in battle against fires

In the past ten days since the outbreak of the wildfires, 1,500 members of the Army have been engaged in battling the blazes. Detailed information on the engagement of the Army members in the fight against thew fires will be announced by the Ministry of Defense today at a press conference at the Pilot...
Macedonia 09.08.21 | 21:07

Eight fires remain active, others partially contained

The airplane of the Romanian Military Airforce has made two flights over the area of the municipality of Prilep near the villages Toplica, Rakle and Nikodin aimed at putting out the fire, which has been partially localized, but is still active in some places. Teams of the Army and Prilep Forest Services...
Macedonia 09.08.21 | 12:50

There aren’t as many fire hoses in all of Macedonia as the Austrian firefighters have in several trucks

We wanted to “bring Europe home” and we brought it – unfortunately, only because of our lack of equipment to fight fires. But, when the flames subside, that Europe will return to Europe, and we will continue to talk about it…, writes “Deutsche Welle”. This is how the...
Macedonia 09.08.21 | 12:36

VMRO-DPMNE: The fires confirmed that Zaev’s government is dangerously incompetent

The SDSM government deserted and left the people in the lurch with the fires. It showed that the system does not work and that SDSM has rotten power, said VMRO-DPMNE on Monday. The opposition party blasts Zaev for going to Berovo to take pictures and then left, while the fire continued blazing. This...
Macedonia 08.08.21 | 19:41

CMC’s Main HQ in session, new fires broke out in Sveti Nikole, Krusevo region, dozen active across the country

The Main HQ at the Crisis Management Center (CMC) is in session to discuss activities to be carried out on Monday at the most critical points in case new fires break out, Assistant Head of the Operations and Coordination Department at CMC, Marija Milkova, told a press conference on Sunday afternoon. Measures...
Macedonia 08.08.21 | 12:33

New trees will be planted in fire-hit forests, citizens will be reimbursed, Zaev pledges

The Prime Minister Zoran Zaev as well as the director of the Crisis Management Center Stojance Angelov, visited Sunday the Berovo region where the largest active fire in the country is. In a statement to the media, Zaev said that the citizens who suffered damages will be reimbursed, and that a plan is...
Macedonia 07.08.21 | 16:42

Mickoski calls for the formation a central crisis body, VMRO-DPMNE put in service with all capacities in fight against fires

The situation on the ground is too complicated and too serious. Parts of Macedonia are affected by serious fires, and the people are left to save themselves as they can. We have a complete failure of the system that does not work, the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski said on Saturday. The government...
Macedonia 07.08.21 | 10:07

Situation with wildfires most critical in Malesevo, help announced from Romania as well

Wildfires burning in the region of Delcevo and Pehcevo, eastern Macedonia, still pose a serious threat where firefighters and soldiers have been deployed as well as helicopters of Macedonia’s Army and from Serbia. The director of the Crisis Management Center, Stojance Angelov, informed on Facebook...
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