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After the rejection of the firefighting forces at the border, apparently Greece has changed its mind and has accepted Albania's help in extinguishing the fires.
The Ministry of Defense announces that 10 fire engines and 50 firefighters will now go to the neighboring country.
According to reports, it was learned that it was the Minister of Defense Vassilis Kikilias who requested help through the Albanian ambassador in Athens, Luela Hajdaraga to avoid the mechanism of the European Union due to bureaucracy. She called Minister Niko Peleshi to bilaterally agree on the launch of six fire engines, fire brigades and support personnel.
It is expected that the vehicles will pass before midnight at the border point of Kapshtica and will be deployed in the area of Alexandrupol to participate in firefighting operations in this area.
During the morning, two fire engines and 9 employees of the fire service left Maliqi and Korça for Alexandropol. But, after staying for several hours at the entrance of the city of Bilisht, they turned back.
According to the statements, the reason was that the needs were met from other countries, where large areas of forests but also housing, including a protected area in which a monastery was located, were engulfed by massive fires yesterday.
The neighboring country has recently been facing a very difficult situation due to numerous fires, where 26 victims were reported yesterday, who were found in the forest areas in the north of the country.
According to foreign media, it is suspected that the victims are immigrants. The Evros region in northeastern Greece, not far from the Turkish border, has been devastated by fires. Meanwhile, a hospital in the city of Alexandroupolis had to be evacuated.
Forest areas in Alexandropol and Rodopi are also engulfed in flames, while in Alexandropol, firefighters have been fighting the flames for several days.
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