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Who started the fire?

2025-08-14 14:01:11Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA ALADIN STAFA
Aladdin Staff

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In recent days, Albania has been going through an emergency situation caused by fires, whose outbreaks have spread rapidly across almost the entire country. Dozens of fires have been reported from north to south, where high temperatures, strong winds and difficult terrain have made the titanic efforts to extinguish them even more complex.

In the southern region, the fire even reached very close to residential areas, prompting authorities to call for the immediate evacuation of residents. Although help from other countries has not been lacking, the constant alarm continues to remain unavoidable. And as always, such situations also highlight the shortcomings in the relevant sectors.

It has been noted that municipalities have limited resources in support personnel but also logistics, and therefore the immediate need for change is emphasized. Not without reason, this also brings a slow reaction and difficulties, especially in high mountainous areas. But intervention in these cases should not only be emergency and short-term, but on the contrary, a long-term plan is needed that includes continuous training, modern equipment and increased public awareness. We add here a phenomenon that is no less significant; our country does not have the appropriate professional education in cases of natural disasters. So, we do not only lack logistics. We lack the basic foundation of this professional training, while in European countries the comparison is inappropriate.

But there is another final point to consider in this situation, and this may be the most problematic link in this prevention chain. As we all know, high temperatures, drought and strong winds are some of the natural factors that create suitable terrain for the spread of flames – but we must also discuss another reason, no less important, perhaps one of the main reasons for this catastrophe - the human hand from which it all starts.

The authorities themselves have confirmed that some fires are started intentionally, while others are caused by negligence. The cases range from burning garbage in backyards, clearing land with open flames, to attempts to clear land by digging trenches and using it for new areas.

Not only immoral but also illegal acts with serious and immediate consequences, starting from the destruction of forests, the disappearance of habitats, economic losses (even more so in a country that focuses its source of income on tourism) to the danger to life. But this is also expected to leave long-term consequences, from degraded land that will take decades to regenerate, to the reduction of air quality and to a natural climate imbalance.

To us, the inhabitants of this land, the question rightly arises, how we are seeing nature and how much we love our country. Although blessed by nature, economic interests and human short-sightedness bring insensitivity to it. We see nature as an obstacle that must be cleared to turn it into immediate wealth, failing to preserve and respect it. Moreover, in small countries like Albania, every burned area is a significant loss for biodiversity and natural heritage.

The problem lies not only in its legal aspect but also in its economic and cultural one. The phenomenon will continue as long as this situation brings quick personal profit and the punishment is little or light. In this logic, nature does not gain value while it is “alive” but only when it burns. The greatest paradox of man's connection with nature - when the source of life is seen as an obstacle to profit. In the end, the loss is collective and the good is private.

Therefore, the prevention plan must begin immediately - strengthening the law, increasing punishment and most importantly, education and social awareness - to make this unacceptable behavior. After all, forests are not just trees and shade, and fields are not just land. They carry history and roots that strongly connect us to our country. Burning them leads to the burning of a part of who we are.

Protecting nature should not be seen as a luxury but as a responsibility and duty towards oneself and future generations. Excessive patriotism should not be displayed only at parties or football matches, but certainly in situations where love for the country should prevail over our personal interests. Love the land, the air, the water and the forests so that we do not have news reports with flames, smoke and such apocalyptic scenes in the Albanian territory every summer!


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