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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Ivan Anuši? said that firefighters and the air force are currently fighting three large fires and so far houses are not threatened, but they could be if the fire continues to spread at the same pace.
"At the moment, we are fighting three major fires, both of course people on the ground, firefighters, and the air force. The buildings have not burned, the houses are not endangered at the moment, but if the fire continues to spread at this pace, and we fail to fight it, the houses could also be endangered, but we hope that this will not happen," said Anuši?, who visited the fire site in Skradin.
He stated that yesterday there were two very crisis buildings near Smokovi? in Zadar County, which were saved by the Canadians.
Greenhouses, olive groves, agricultural plantations have burned down, and this is the biggest material damage at the moment, he said.
There is no logic in so many fires breaking out at once
Speaking about speculation that the fires were arson, Anuši? reminded that one person who set the fire was recently arrested.
"Obviously it's not the only one, because I don't think it makes any sense for so many fires to break out at once, and they usually break out when it's most difficult to put them out. That is why we need to start dealing with the causes and start approaching this problem in a different way," the minister said.
He stated that the consequences can be catastrophic and tragic.
"If we start dealing with samples and try to prevent it in ways that are usually done, we would have fewer situations like we have today," he said.
Anuši? said that the army, except for the air force, is not engaged in the field in extinguishing fires for the time being, but it will be if necessary.
The future president must primarily be a cohesive factor
Answering questions on other topics, Anuši? said that he was invited to a reception with the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi?, but due to other agreed obligations, his deputy will be there.
As for Dragan Primorac, who announced that he would run for President of the Republic, Anuši? said that he was certainly the best candidate of all those who were proposed and as such received the support of the party.
"A man who has a perfect CV, who is an internationally respected scientist and expert, a man who has worked all his life in science, education, medicine, and I think that with his experience, knowledge and political experience, he can be a much better president than Milanovic is," he said.
As one of the examples that it can be better, he cited Milanovic's prohibition of conducting military exercises for unknown reasons.
"I believe that the future president, and he will be Primorac, must primarily be a cohesive factor, a man who will connect, bind, reconcile, who will create a better political atmosphere in Croatia and then a better political atmosphere for Croatia in Europe and the world," Anuši? concluded.
