Firefighters battled even Saturday to extinguish the wildfire nationwide in Albania.

The General Director of Civil Emergency, Haki Cako warned against complacency as firefighters were still battling sporadic flare-ups.

According to him, only in the last 24 hours, were identified 44 fireplaces in different areas.

He said that 34 fireplaces were extinguished while 10 are still active.

"Some 275 firefighting forces, 219 military forces, 44 effective from the state police, 161 civil emergency structures of the local government, 52 from the administration of protected areas, 54 from the forest service, as well as 98 volunteers were engaged to extinguish fire nationwide. The Air Force with its troops and vehicles are on full alert.

We appreciate the work done so far by the municipalities affected by the fires and ask them to commit to the maximum, to inform the public and the endangered community, to ensure the functioning of the monitoring, early warning, notification and alarm system in their territory as and to inform in time the District Prefect and the National Civil Protection Agency regarding fire situations," said Cako.