The fire that broke out on Monday in Bukovica in the "Lovcen" National Park, and which is suspected to have been arson, was brought under control after two days, said the director of that national park, Vladimir Martinović.
He said that they expect the fire to be localized by Wednesday.
The Protection Service, together with the Environmental Hygiene Service of Lovćen National Park, continued to extinguish the fire with the available resources from this morning. They were joined by the Protection and Rescue Service of the Capital of Cetinje with tankers, and the Aviation Unit of the Army of Montenegro with two helicopters, without whose help, as stated in the announcement, not much could have been done, bearing in mind that the fire broke out on inaccessible terrain that is only possible to extinguish from the air.
"A number of citizens organized themselves on their own initiative and came to help, but the National Park Administration asked that citizens not participate in localizing the fire for the time being due to the possible danger to their lives. NP Lovćen thanks the municipal fire services, the Helicopter Squadron of the Army of Montenegro, as and the Department for Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, all other participants, as well as the owner of the restaurant 'Vladika', Dej Novaković, for his exceptional help, who, in addition to extinguishing the fire on the ground, also provided food and drink," the statement said.
Martinović pointed out that they will continue to control and monitor the situation on the ground. "We believe that during tomorrow the fire will be localized, and it is fortunate that it did not spread towards Njeguši and Trešnja, where there is a dense pine forest and where it would not be easy to prevent the spread of fire," he said.
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