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\nFirefighters in southern Croatia were on high alert Sunday in fear that expected strong winds could rekindle blazes in the Balkan nation.
\nCrews, with the help of water bombers, managed to get control Saturday over wildfires on the southern Adriatic coast, after a series of blazes started in recent days.
\nThe fires, near Croatia\u2019s second largest city Split, that started Saturday morning close to the coastal village of Pisak was put under control but were still smoldering.
\nThey have burnt 300 hectares (740 acres) and dozen of houses, authorities said.
\nAccording to the Split-Dalmatia county firefighting commander, Ivan Kovacevic during the night several small fires were put down by the firefighters.
\n\u201cThe damage is huge, but it could have been bigger having given the number of structures that were threatened,\u201d Kovacevic said.
\nNo death have been report, while one firefighter and some civilians have suffered minor injuries.
\nAccording to Civil protection headquarters at least 94 people, mostly tourists were evacuated in Omis, but late Saturday they returned to their accommodation.
\nDeputy prefect of Split-Dalmatia county, Stipe Cogelja said the village of Marusic on the Adriatic coast suffered the most damages, adding it was \u201cpure luck\u201d that no one had died.
\nPolice said they are \u201cintensively investigating\u201d the possibility of arson in the fires and called on the citizens to help by immediately reporting any suspicious behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ZAGREB Firefighters in southern Croatia were on high alert Sunday in fear that expected strong winds could rekindle blazes in the Balkan nation. Crews, with the help of water bombers, managed to get control Saturday over wildfires on the southern Adriatic coast, after a series of blazes started in recent days. The fires, near Croatia\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n