00:00A fire in Tijentist has spread to the Suteska National Park in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
00:07Authorities say the fire has put the centuries-old coniferous forest at risk.
00:12They requested assistance from the armed forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina to combat the fire at the Tijentist site.
00:19Around 150 hectares of forest and pastures in the Suteska National Park are currently on fire.
00:25It is a very difficult situation, especially because the trees that are being cut down, the stones,
00:31the wider areas where we put out the fire, after a few minutes we have to go back to that part
00:39because it is a very, very steep area, canyons, where the pressure of those trees that are on fire is activated again.
00:55As fires continue to rage in at least 11 remote mountainous spots in the region,
01:01fire teams were seen using helicopters and water hoses to control the flames within the mountains of the town,
01:07located 255 kilometers south of the capital, Tirana.
01:13The Albanian Defense Ministry reported that flames in the dry mountain along the border with North Macedonia to the east
01:20had been ongoing for a week.
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