Czech firefighters helping to contain fires in North Macedonia

Czechia has sent a Blackhawk helicopter equipped with a Bambi bucket and three firefighters to North Macedonia to help contain the forest fires that have been raging in the Negrevo and Kumanevo districts for three days now. One person died in the blaze and several villages have had to be evacuated. Extreme temperatures and strong winds in the Western Balkans are complicating the rescue effort. The Czech emergency team left for the Macedonian capital Skopje on Wednesday evening and joined the rescue effort on Thursday.