Six fires active in North Macedonia today, five under control

(Patria) - Six fires are active in North Macedonia today, and five are under control, announced the state Crisis Management Center (CMC).

"Out of a total of 42 fires that burned yesterday in open spaces, six are currently active, five have been brought under control, and 31 have been extinguished," reads the CMC's Facebook page.

Two fires are active in the area of Makedonski Brod, where pine and mixed forests are burning, on Galičica mountain near Ohrid, near the Kichevo village of Patec (pine and beech forest), in the area of Chaska near the village of Oreche, and in the municipality of Novaci.

The fires under control, as stated, include the one on Ilinska mountain, in the areas of the municipalities of Demir Hisar and Ohrid, in the territory of the municipalities of Plasnica, near Kichevo, as well as at the landfills in Delchevo and Shtip.