Ukrainian firefighting plane helps with Montenegro wildfires

Ukrainian firefighting plane helps with Montenegro wildfires | iNFOnews.ca
A smoke rises over Montenegro capital Podgorica, Montenegro, Monday, July 17, 2017. At least 100 tourists have been forced to evacuate from a coastal area in Montenegro that has been the hardest hit by the blaze. Fueled by strong winds and dry weather, the fire on the Lustica peninsula in southern Montenegro has spread near to homes and camping zones. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)

PODGORICA, Montenegro – A plane from Ukraine has joined firefighting efforts in Montenegro after the country asked for international help to battle wildfires raging along the Adriatic coast.

Authorities say help also will arrive from Switzerland and Bulgaria. Emergency official Zoran Barbic says “the situation is much better now.”

Wildfires reaching close to fishing villages and tourist resorts at Lustica peninsula have forced at least 100 people to evacuate the area. Montenegro sought NATO and EU help to fight the blaze.

In neighbouring Croatia, authorities fear new fires could erupt with a heat wave that is expected to hit the region in the coming days. They say thousands of acres of pine forests and low shrubbery have been destroyed in the massive fire this week that also threatened the key port of Split.

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