Helicopter of the Armed Forces of BiH also engaged in firefighting near Mostar

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - The helicopter of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina continued to extinguish a fire near Mostar on Saturday, April 11, 2020, after having started firefighting in that area on Friday, the day before. 

Early in the morning of April 10, 2020, the 2nd Helicopter Squadron of the Air Force and Air Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of BiH, with a UH-1H helicopter from the „Rajlovac“ barracks, was still engaged in extinguishing a fire in the wider area of the Prozor municipality, where it had been fighting the fire since Wednesday, April 8, the Ministry of Defense of BiH announced. 

After this task, the 2nd Helicopter Squadron of the Armed Forces of BiH, with two crews and one UH-1H helicopter, was also engaged on the same day in extinguishing a forest fire that broke out in the wider area of the city of Mostar. 

Aviation personnel, support equipment, and the helicopter were dispatched to the Livač site, from where they began extinguishing the fire in the Mostar area.

On Friday, part of the fire at the Livač site near populated areas was contained. More than 15 buckets of water were dropped, and the fire was contained on the communication route towards Rujište, where residential buildings are also located.

The task near Mostar, which continued today, on Saturday, is being carried out with all necessary safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Members of the 2nd Helicopter Squadron of the Air Force and Air Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of BiH, during the COVID-19 pandemic, used UH-1H helicopters to extinguish fires near Drvar on March 19, near Tuzla on April 8, and on the same day with another helicopter in the area of the Prozor municipality, where they continued firefighting on April 9 and 10.