August 2, 2022 - More fires near Sibenik, with roads closes and 3 Canadairs providing aerial firefighting support.
As reported by Index.hr, with live updates:
More fires near Šibenik, closed guide ring road, 3 canards arrived
A LITTLE before noon, several fires broke out in the wider Šibenik area. It is burning on the highway at the turn for Jadrija (there are two fires there) and in Dubrava in the direction of the Podi industrial zone. Canadians arrived to help.
2 minutes ago
Police: Journalists are asked not to try to pass the roadblocks
"Three fires are currently active in the area of the Šibenik-Knin County, two of which are in the area of the Vodice ring road at the turns towards Jadrija and Srima. The third fire is in the area of Dubrava.
Due to the work of the firefighters, the following roads are currently closed:
Section D-8 (Adriatic highway) from the turn onto the Benkovac road to the end of the Vodice ring road
Podi-Dubrava section.
Journalists who are in the vicinity of the fire are asked not to try to pass by the roadblocks," the police reported.
21 minutes ago
Three Canadair fire-fighting plans have arrived
As we learned from Vodice firefighters, three Canadairs have arrived to help them a few minutes before 1 p.m., and all available firefighting forces are on the ground.
So far, it is not close to buildings, except for a couple of agricultural houses, they added.
You can't go to Šibenik from Vodice, they say.
"Within 5 minutes, it started burning in three places," the firefighters told us. Two fires are burning near the turn for Jadrija and one near Šibenik's Dubrava.
27 minutes ago
Notice of HAK (Croatian Roads)
Due to the fire, the section between the Šibenik bridge and the end of the guide ring road has been closed. The detour is on the state road DC27 towards Benkovac.
41 minutes ago
There are more fires
According to the first information, it is burning in two places between Vodice and Jadrija, and the fire also broke out near Dubrava.
43 minutes ago
Closed Vodice ring road
The commander of JVP Vodice, Ivan Begić, told Sibenik.in portal that the Vodice bypass towards the Hacienda club is closed.
