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Albania – Forest Fires (National Authorities, DG ECHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 August 2017)

  • Since the beginning of the forest fire season, fires have been burning across Albania. As the situation remained critical, on 9 and 11 August, Albania renewed its request for aerial firefighting means through the Union Civil protection Mechanism.

  • Two Greek light firefighting airplanes operated in Albania on 3-6 and 9 August. In addition, two Greek Canadairs took off at 5 am on 11 August from Thessaloniki to operate in the south of Albania, close to the border with Greece. As of 8.00 UTC, the Canadairs were already on their second rotation of the day.

  • In addition, the Copernicus Emergency Management System was also activated and has provided eight satellite maps to the Albanian authorities.