{"id":51,"date":"2007-07-30T12:32:27","date_gmt":"2007-07-30T12:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/croatiatraveller.com\/blog\/?p=51"},"modified":"2018-08-15T17:04:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T17:04:06","slug":"croatia-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/croatiatraveller.com\/blog\/croatia-fires\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatia Fires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some 880 fires in the first 26 days of July? What&#8217;s going on? Croatia&#8217;s head fireman suspects arson in the blazes that have been tearing through patches of the Croatian interior leaving 18 dead. Most of the fires broke out in Lika-Senj County Karlovac County, Slavonski Brod-Posavina County and Osijek-Baranja County but the hills around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.croatiatraveller.com\/southern_dalmatia\/Dubrovnik\/dubrovnik_index.htm\">Dubrovnik<\/a> were also blighted with fires that were quickly contained. The hinterlands of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.croatiatraveller.com\/central%20dalmatia\/Split.htm\">Split<\/a> and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.croatiatraveller.com\/Zadar\/Zadar.htm\"> Zadar <\/a>also were ablaze with fires that are now contained. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.croatiatraveller.com\/Islands.htm\">Croatia islands <\/a>have been largely spared except for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.croatiatraveller.com\/central%20dalmatia\/Split\/Solta.htm\">Solta<\/a> which suffered a serious fire last week.<\/p><div id=\"croat-2707590088\" class=\"croat-content croat-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4787844071747328\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4787844071747328\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7926307719\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sadly, one of Croatia&#8217;s most beautiful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.croatiatraveller.com\/National%20Parks\/NationalParks.htm\">national parks<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.croatiatraveller.com\/National%20Parks\/Paklenica.htm\">Paklenica National Park <\/a>is currently being threatened by fire. Beginning on July 26, the fire at Veliki Rujan is still blazing desipite the efforts of several hundred firefighters and soldiers, two planes and a helicopter. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/news\/video\/videoStory?videoId=62043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the video.\u00c2\u00a0<\/a> Strong northerly winds have made it difficult but the latest word is that the fire has been contained.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><div id=\"croat-957490492\" class=\"croat-below-post croat-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4787844071747328\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4787844071747328\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7926307719\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 880 fires in the first 26 days of July? 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