ZAGREB, 3 August, 2022 - Firefighters have contained several fires that broke out in Šibenik-Knin County around noon on Tuesday.
Late on Tuesday, firefighting vehicles left the fire sites, while firefighters remained on the ground in case further intervention was needed, the Croatian Firefighters Association said.
The area affected by the wildfires is rather large, around 400 hectares of land, which is why caution is needed, firefighting commander Darko Dukić told Croatian Radio.
A large part of the area cannot be accessed by fire trucks because forest tracks are too narrow, Dukić said, noting that the wind frequently changed direction on Tuesday, making the situation on the ground harder for firefighters.
The fires broke out by the main road running along the Croatian Adriatic coast near Vodice and close to the Podi industrial zone near Šibenik.
A hundred firefighters, assisted by seven firefighting planes, were putting out the fires.
The fire at Podi was contained in the afternoon on Tuesday while the fires near Vodice were put under control in the evening.
Owing to a more favourable situation, most of the local roads that had been closed to traffic were reopened in the evening, and according to information available at 2230 hours on Tuesday, the only road that remained closed was the D-27 road.
