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Europe on alert for fires, Albania among countries in focus of Copernicus

2026-08-16 23:31:04Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Fires in Europe

Europe is on "high fire alert" and there is increasing pressure on Eastern European countries.

This was stated by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, as Europe continues to battle a series of devastating fires and as the continent faces hotter conditions and worsening droughts, with thousands forced to flee their homes.

She added that the EU's Copernicus Earth observation satellites "already support mapping operations" in Spain, Albania, Greece, France, Germany and Serbia, and that the bloc's Civil Protection Mechanism was "there when a country asks for it".

In France, authorities said 100 residents and other holidaymakers were evacuated from the town of Luglon in the southwestern Landes department on Saturday, as a fire that broke out on Thursday continued to burn.

In an update on Saturday, the Landes Prefecture said the flames had burned about 1,580 hectares so far and were "particularly active" southeast of Luglon, near the village of Garein.

"In total, 550 firefighters are currently mobilized to combat the spread of the fire. Aerial resources will resume their rotation," she added.

In Germany's Eifel region, a large fire has led to the evacuation of at least 1,800 people from Hurtgenwald, where around 1,400 firefighters have been battling the flames.

The blaze is believed to be the largest forest fire in the history of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Meanwhile, German firefighting reinforcements have been called in to help their Belgian counterparts, who are battling another fire in the Fagnes natural park, near the border between the two nations.

The blaze started on Friday and has burned at least 16 square kilometers of forest, authorities said.

About 1,000 people have also been evacuated in the northeastern region of Aragon in Spain, where a fire that has destroyed more than 15,000 hectares continues to burn.

However, firefighters say they have stopped it from spreading towards populated centers and weather forecasts in the area suggest temperatures could drop soon, with the possibility of light rain.

Greece is also on high alert as strong winds in parts of the country have increased the risk of wildfires.

More than 50 agricultural and forest fires have already broken out in the last 24 hours, although most have been brought under control, according to the fire service.

In Croatia, emergency services are battling a large fire on the island of Dugi Otok, where more than 100 firefighters and two water-bombing planes are in action.

240 firefighters and three aircraft managed to bring another fire on the Peljesac peninsula under control on Friday.

Serbian authorities said on Friday evening that they were battling 25 forest fires, one of which they said had destroyed 25 square kilometers of land in the Deliblatska national park near Belgrade.


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