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'New York Times' writes about the fire in the Elbasan landfill

2025-07-04 18:40:00, Aktualitet CNA

'New York Times' writes about the fire in the Elbasan landfill

The prestigious American newspaper 'New York Times' has published an article today, where, among other things, it wrote about the situation with the massive fires that have been going on for days in the area near the Elbasan landfill.

'New York Times' writes about the fire in the Elbasan landfill

Through an article published this Friday, American media highlights that a fire in a municipal area in the central city of Elbasan turned into uncontrollable flames.

"In Albania, across the Adriatic Sea from an Italy still scorched by unusually high temperatures, a summer fire at a municipal landfill in the central city of Elbasan erupted into uncontrollable flames.

Faced with temperatures reaching 106 degrees Fahrenheit (41 degrees Celsius), firefighters struggled to control it. And with clouds of toxic smoke billowing from the landfill, protesters gathered outside the Ministry of Tourism and Environment in Tirana, the capital, declaring that it had been renamed the "Ministry of Smoke and Pollution."

As in Western European countries hit by a heatwave this week, the elderly in Albania were suffering the most. Fatmir Dervishaj, 76, said he usually went out during the day to play dominoes with his friends, but was trapped at home because of the heat.

“Summer can be joyful for many people, but for me, it feels very isolating,” he said. For others, the misery was good for business. Ermir Metushi, 48, a taxi driver in Tirana, said the heatwave was “hard to bear” but that it had boosted his income because “more and more people are surrendering to the comfort of air-conditioned taxis, even for short distances.” That, and an influx of tourists during the summer, he said, “means I really can’t complain,” the article says. /CNA 





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