Fire threatens Finiq and Delvinë, Zhupa appeals to government: Intervene immediately to prevent last year’s disaster from being repeated

Democratic Party MP Ina Zhupa has called on the government to intervene without delay because of the fire that broke out in the Matomara area, within the territory of the Municipality of Finiq.

According to her, the flames are advancing toward Mesopotam and the villages belonging to the Municipality of Delvinë.

Zhupa said that the dangerous blaze started this morning and that, although local structures began responding in the early hours, the fire has still not been brought under control.

Under these circumstances, the Democratic MP called on the central government to immediately mobilize all available resources.

She stressed the need to increase the number of firefighters on the ground, involve the Civil Emergencies structures and the Armed Forces, and seek international assistance for aerial intervention if necessary.

Zhupa said that the firefighting aircraft which, according to her, Edi Rama has promised every year and which are claimed to have been purchased last year by Pirro Vengu, do not exist.

For this reason, she urged the authorities to use without delay all the means at their disposal, warning that every minute lost favors the spread of the flames.

She called for a repeat of last year’s disaster in Delvinë to be avoided, when fires burned thousands of hectares and caused serious consequences for residents, the economy and the environment—consequences that, according to her, are still being felt.