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Uborak landfill fire persists amid regional heatwave

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2026-08-05 09:42 UTC → 2026-08-06 15:39 UTC · added removed

The Uborak municipal waste landfill near Mostar continues to smolder. The A three‑person firefighting team remains on site, and on 3 August additional crews were dispatched after the fire reignited at 21:54. Soil‑sampling ordered by Mayor Mario Kordić proceeds: the Federal Institute for Agropedology collected 30 samples on 15 July and laboratory analysis is ongoing, with long‑term monitoring planned for six to twelve months. Waste‑transfer operations have largely resumed via alternative sites, and demolition of the burned storage hall and a five‑year closure and revitalisation programme remain in place. A severe The heatwave sweeping the Balkans, with temperatures above 40 °C in Serbia, Balkans has heightened intensified fire risk across the region. Bosnia and Herzegovina fire services report several Throughout early August, forest and grassland fires erupted in Tuzla, Srebrenik, Kalesija and Kladanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, the Laktaš municipality suspects arson. Authorities Czech Republic, Greece and other Central‑European states. In Bosnia, a five‑hectare blaze in Kladanj was reignited by strong winds. Serbia’s Deliblatska peščara fire spread over 200 ha, while a nearby grass fire threatened a closed uranium mine. Croatia have upgraded reported nearly 49 ha burned and has introduced strict penalties for open‑fire violations to criminal offences, while aerial assets violations, echoing earlier criminal‑offence upgrades. Helicopters, air‑tankers, bulldozers and hundreds of firefighters are being deployed in multiple countries. The broader regional wildfires continue, adding pressure on region‑wide, stretching resources already committed to the Uborak site and underscoring the need for the ongoing environmental assessment of the Uborak site. and public‑safety challenges.

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  1. 2026-08-06 15:39 UTC Uborak landfill fire persists amid regional heatwave
  2. 2026-08-05 09:42 UTC Uborak landfill fire persists amid regional heatwave
  3. 2026-08-05 07:05 UTC Uborak landfill fire persists, soil testing continues
  4. 2026-08-04 19:17 UTC Uborak landfill fire persists, soil monitoring ongoing
  5. 2026-08-04 09:46 UTC Uborak landfill fire fallout: ongoing crisis and remediation

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