As "Vreme" learns, they do not arrive in Kuršumli at all firefighters, people fight fires themselves.
Even 620 fire outdoors was registered on Monday (July 7) in Serbia from seven in the morning to seven in the afternoon, the Ministry of the Interior announced.
According to the Department for Emergency Situations, such a large number of fires were not recorded even in the most difficult summer seasons in previous years. The most critical situation, along with Toplica, is also in the Šumadija, Rasin, Jablanički and Bor districts.
The Serbian Army was also engaged in extinguishing the fire on Monday, the Ministry of Defense announced, and the fire was being extinguished by helicopters.
In the fires that broke out yesterday and in the previous days throughout the Toplički district, the villages in the ataris of Prokuplje, Kuršumlije and Žitoradje were particularly affected, and as the MUP told N1, firefighters are on the ground.
A state of emergency was declared on the territory of those municipalities, as well as in Kragujevac.
Due to extremely unfavorable weather conditions, the fire got out of control in the vicinity of Kragujevac, Prokuplje, on Mount Tara, as well as in the municipalities of Gornji Milanovac, Kuršumlija, Valjevo, Knić, Veliko Gradište and Bujanovac, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
Photo: Southern News/Lj. M.Fires in the Toplica District
It's burning all over the country.
The most critical situation is in the Toplicka region, hectares of low vegetation, agricultural crops, but also several dozen residential and auxiliary buildings have burned. The most threatened village is Merovce.
In the fires that broke out yesterday and in the previous days throughout the Topličko district, the villages in the ataris of Prokuplje, Kuršumlije and Žitoradje were particularly affected.
The most threatened places are Merovac, Bresničić, Resinac, Žitni Potok, Dubovo, Staro Momčilovo, Grudaš, Tmava and others. Dozens of houses and ancillary buildings have already burned down, and four people were slightly injured and asked for help at the Prokupac Health Center, Juzne Vesti writes.
The municipality of Kuršumlija has declared a state of emergency in the entire territory.
After emergency situations were declared in Kuršumlija and Žitoradja last night, a decision was made during the night to introduce a state of emergency in Prokuplje due to the large fires that have been ravaging the spa villages in recent days.
In the vicinity of Aleksinac, two fires broke out almost simultaneously near the villages of Bradarac and Glogovica.
A state of emergency has been declared on the territory of the city of Kragujevac. The declaration of a state of emergency to the mayor of Kragujevac was proposed by the City Headquarters for Emergency Situations due to the real danger caused by high temperatures and a large number of fires, and with the aim of eliminating the resulting consequences.
The city headquarters for emergency situations will continue to manage and coordinate the activities of all disaster risk reduction forces and entities in the area of the city of Kragujevac and to inform regularly and inform the population and the public about all important facts of importance for protection and rescue.
On Monday, 15 houses were burned in the fires in the area of Šumadija, and three people were injured, Luka Čaušić, head of the Department for Emergency Situations, told reporters.
"This is the most difficult day remembered by colleagues who have been working for more than 30 years when it comes to outdoor fires. In the Šumadija district, on the territory of the Emergency Situations Administration in Kragujevac, 148 outdoor fires were recorded today, we had 1.200 calls to 193," said Čaušić.
More than 200 hectares burned in the territory of Kragujevac, the municipalities of Rača, Topola, Knić, Aranđelovac.
"On certain big fires like this one in Desimirovac and Opornica, we also organized the locals who helped a lot with their work machines, who delivered water, but also plowed the fields with their plows and prevented the spread of the fire," said Zoran Kočović, head of the Administration for Emergency Situations in Kragujevac, reports RTS.
In the Bor District, a fire was registered in Krivelje, in the Banjica settlement, where the fire covered an area of about 100 hectares. There is also an emergency situation in the territory of Bor municipality.
More than 60 fires were recorded in the areas of Kosovo and Metohija. The houses of Serbian returnees in the villages near Istok and the ambulance building in Gojbulja near Vučitrn were burned. Due to the strong wind, the fire spread quickly in the villages of Osojane, Blagača and Suvi Lukavac near Istok.
Above the landfills
On Sunday (July 6), a fire broke out at the Golo Brdo landfill above Novi Pazar, which is why a decision was made to declare a state of emergency in part of the city's territory.
The fire was localized on Monday, and extinguishing was made difficult by the wind.
This is just one of a series of landfills that have caught fire since the extreme heat began across the country.
The previous week, the Loznica landfill was on fire, and the fire was extinguished day and night for three days.
Before Loznica, landfills were burning in Kragujevac and Valjevo, but also in Smederevo, in Carina, Omoljica, Bujanovac...
Since the beginning of the year, more than 1.000 landfill fires have been recorded in Serbia, and 2.959 fire-rescuers and 1.298 fire trucks were engaged in extinguishing them, the Ministry of Interior announced earlier on Monday.
