Croatians assess damage of wildfire which swept through forest areas on the Adriatic coast

Record ID: 903342

  • Title: Croatians assess damage of wildfire which swept through forest areas on the Adriatic coast
  • Date: 19th July 2017
  • Summary: MRAVINCE, CROATIA (JULY 19, 2017) (REUTERS) BOY STANDING ON HILL LOOKING AT BURNED FOREST WIDE OF BURNED FOREST WITH ROAD PASSING THROUGH BURNED TREES IN FOREST CHILDREN PASSING BY BURNED STONE HOUSE BURNED WOOD SMOKING INSIDE HOUSE, AS SEEN FROM OUTSIDE THROUGH WINDOW WIDE OF BURNED FOREST AREA BURNED CARS NEXT TO ROAD MAN TAKING PICTURES OF BURNED CAR WITH SMARTPHONE BURNED CAR/HOUSE IN BACKGROUND (SOUNDBITE) (Croatian) RESIDENT OF MRAVINCE, JANKO CIGANJIK, SAYING: "It came from the back side over there and all of a sudden the roof of that house began smoking, and at that point I realised that there was no way to save it. Within five minutes the roof was entirely engulfed in flames." WINDOWS ON BURNED HOUSE/HILL WITH HOUSES IN BACKGROUND (SOUNDBITE) (Croatian) RESIDENT OF MRAVINCE, JANKO CIGANJIK, SAYING: "It was terrible. As I was outside the house holding the waterhose (to fight fire), the flames sparked and I was burned across my back. It was horrible." KUCINE, CROATIA (JULY 19, 2017) (REUTERS) WIDE OF BURNED AREA/VILLAGE WITH HOUSES SEEN IN BACKGROUND MRAVINCE, CROATIA (JULY 19, 2017) (REUTERS) MAN CARRYING PLASTIC BAG WADING THROUGH FIRST FLOOR OF BURNED HOUSE DETAIL OF OLD SEWING MACHINE INSIDE BURNED HOUSE (SOUNDBITE) (Croatian) RESIDENT OF MRAVINCE, IVAN TENTE, SAYING: "All of a sudden we found ourselves surrounded by smoke, and then by flames, it was incredible. Everyone did what they could, but no one could do much, because of the heat, the vicinity, it was suffocating, unbearable. In that whole disaster the most important thing is that nobody was hurt." KUCINE, CROATIA (JULY 19, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF AERIAL OF BURNED AREA AND ROAD ZRNOVNICA, CROATIA (JULY 19, 2017) (REUTERS) AERIAL OF TRAILER PARKED ON BURNED HILLSIDE MRAVINCE, CROATIA (JULY 19, 2017) (REUTERS) AERIAL OF BURNED FOREST KUCINE, CROATIA (JULY 19, 2017) (REUTERS) AERIAL OF ROAD PASSING BY BURNED FOREST AREA
  • Embargoed: 2nd August 2017 15:33
  • Keywords: wildfires Croatia
  • Location: ZRNOVNICA, MRAVINCE, KUCINE; CROATIA
  • City: ZRNOVNICA, MRAVINCE, KUCINE; CROATIA
  • Country: Croatia
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Fires
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016QDWA4N
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Locals assessed the damage left in the wake of the wildfire that had ravaged forested areas in Croatia's southern Adriatic coast on Wednesday (July 19).
    The wildfire which started on Sunday (July 16) evening, helped by unusually strong winds, swept through areas near the major city of Split on Monday (July 17), threatening houses in villages and at one point even reaching the eastern outskirts of the city.
    By Wednesday most of the fire was put under the control of hundreds of fire-fighters and army personnel, allowing locals to face the damage wrought by the fire.
    A Dalmatian county official said local authorities would classify the event as a natural disaster, allowing them to ask for government help in assessing and repairing the damage of the fire which destroyed some 4,500 hectares of pine forests and bushes, as well as about a dozen stranded cars.
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