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Fire in Medulin consumes 15 boats, reports istra24.hr. Police reported at around 4 a.m. that a fire had broken out in the town harbor of Medulin; an hour later, several explosions were reportedly heard. Medulin (Medolino in Italian) is an idyllic village in Croatia. The well-known seaside resort is located on the southern tip of Istria. The town has a...
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In many regions of Europe, it is currently exceptionally hot and dry. At the same time, the risk of forest fires is increasing in these areas; many fires have already broken out. Often, firefighting aircraft are the only "fire departments" that can extinguish fires over impassable terrain - from the air. How do firefighting planes (fireboats) work, and what do...
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A nuisance for all tourists, not only water sports enthusiasts in the Istrian town of Medulin: For five days now, the wrecks of several burnt-out boats have been bobbing in the shallow water along the promenade of the town harbor. Plastic parts float in the water, it smells of burnt plastic and oil leaks unsecured. Apparently, no one feels responsible...
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On Sunday morning, June 27, 2021, a fire destroyed a motor yacht of the type Azimut 68 worth well over half a million euros off Biograd. A message, which would have brought it probably hardly in the Austrian as well as the international press, if not on board of all things the former Austrian Vice-Chancellor H.C. Strache would have been....
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The last two long weekends brought a lot of work to the SeaHelp emergency forces, an unmistakable sign that most of the water sports enthusiasts have long since returned to the Adriatic Sea in Croatia. Among the most significant and also highly visible operations was obviously the fire of a Bayliner 29 motor yacht off the coast of Krk. SeaHelp...
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In the Marina Kaštela on the evening of May 29, 2021, a fire broke out on one of the yachts, which quickly developed into a major fire with damage in the millions. According to initial reports, at least five yachts, each over 15 meters in length, are believed to have fallen prey to the flames, but it is believed that...
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At one of the jetties in the Marina Punat on the island of Krk, a motor yacht burned again in the evening hours of March 31, 2021. Only through the quick and professional intervention of the marina fire department and the fire departments of the surrounding villages, it was possible to prevent the fire from spreading to neighboring boats. No...
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The fire brigade in the Marina Punat can hardly complain about lack of work this year: After the major fire on the grounds of dry berths (Brodica) in mid-May, the forces on Whit Monday had to move out again to a fire in the marina.
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In Marina Punat, in the area of the “Brodica” dry marina, seven vessels caught fire and were completely destroyed in the early hours of May 16th. Fortunately, nobody was injured.
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