Fire departments

A forest fire broke out on Mount Athos on Wednesday.

The fire service has dispatched 45 firefighters, two ground teams and eleven vehicles. Two helicopters are also assisting in the operation.

Nine firefighters with three vehicles are on the scene

Fire brigade calls for special attention from citizens

37 firefighters with 2 teams of hiking teams and 11 vehicles are working to extinguish the fire, while a helicopter is dropping from the air

Firefighters attending to a fire in an abandoned building in central Athens have pulled a man out of the structure.

The man was unconscious when firefighters found him.

A team of 10 firefighters with four tenders responded to the fire.

Eight firefighters with three vehicles rushed to the scene

Firefighters are on the scene

Seven firefighters with two vehicles on the scene

Ljubljana – A firefighters’ trade union is critical of the government-proposed changes to the fire service act, as it says it was not involved in the drafting of the amendments. Some of the proposals that had already been coordinated with the competent ministry in the past have been dropped from the latest version, the union noted.

Nova Gorica – As news of a tragic death of a young Slovenian firefighter and diver reached North Macedonia, a country where he helped fight wildfires this summer, the mayor of Berovo decided to propose that a street in the town be named after him.