They have been 22. Since Friday morning, firefighters from Geneva, Lausanne and Sierre have participated in fire-fighting operations that affect Montenegro and have already died, a soldier mobilized on a tanker truck. “While Montenegro is struck by violent forest fires threatening the Podgorica capital and several regions of the country, Switzerland urgently deploys a mission under the aegis of the DFAE,” informed the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.
Firefighters from French -speaking Switzerland “are accompanied by three extinction vehicles and several support vehicles and are at work in the areas assigned to Montenegro. Their mission consists in fighting against vegetation fires, defending sensitive points and strengthening local urban means, “explains the Confederation, which thus responds to Montenegro solicitations for international aid.
South Europe is currently faced with many fires. Greece, Portugal and Spain are strongly affected, while the situation relaxes in France and Italy.
