As 15min said on Monday morning, the tension after the fire that raged on Friday night is already easing.
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“We did not panic, we acted very organized and quickly. We lived in the town of Stanići, about 5 km from the fire’s starting point,” shared the Lithuanian.
He captured terrible scenes during and after the fire in photos and videos.
“Since we had a car, it was easier to maneuver. We moved to Omiš, and at night we slept in the car in the town of Duće, even further away. True, there were organized evacuation centers where many people took shelter. But they were in Omiš, and seeing how incredibly fast the fire was spreading, we decided to move even further away. It seemed not very safe,” said V. Arvasevičius.
– Fatigue is felt, but we have already returned to the same house. There is some unpleasant smell, but electricity has already come back. The view is sad, pity for nature, people who suffered.”
About what he and his wife experienced in Croatia, the man also reported on his personal Facebook page.
From our home, we saw it as a huge front of flames with a glow.
“Croatia. I can only know myself ‘what I would do if…’ through experience. This time that experience is to be at the epicenter of a historic (according to the media) fire in the Dalmatia region of Croatia,” V. Arvasevičius wrote on his Facebook page.
– Moreover, to be at the fire’s starting point, a few minutes after the fire flared up. When the first videos appeared in the media, they show us turning off the beach and retreating from the fire.
We lived 5 km from the fire’s starting point. We rushed back and started packing things. Just in case. It’s unknown how everything will develop here.
We underestimated the bora wind… The fire covered those kilometers in 2 hours. From our home, we saw it as a huge front of flames with a glow illuminating the sky and lighting up the mountains. The smell of smoke intensified, ash “snow” began, breathing suddenly became difficult. When the flames appeared, the thought arose whether we were too late. Everything changed lightning fast. We left immediately.
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While retreating from the fire, we only later realized how dangerously fast it was developing. Later, from a safer distance, we watched the flames unfold, their orange, sometimes even violet, dance combined with the bora wind.
Unfortunately, it cost someone their life.
The next day we returned as soon as the roads were opened. Our evacuation route was covered in ash, littered with burnt cars, melted road signs, and charred trees.
Unfortunately, it cost someone their life… as later became clear.
We saw the tears and experiences of the locals, sadness, sometimes anger.
The investigation is still ongoing. About ten officers at the same first flame point are putting their heads together to find out where the first spark came from. It is unlikely to be from the sun through a discarded piece of glass, as everything happened after sunset…
I write “we” everywhere. Because there were two of us. Our duo worked smoothly, coordinated, without panic. Focused, tense, alert as never before.
To experience your own thoughts and feelings in all this, now to know “what I would do if” is no longer a fantasy, but a reality. A real image of oneself to oneself.”
As BBC reports, the fire broke out on Thursday evening near the village of Lokva Rogoznica and quickly spread towards the nearby tourist town of Omiš, located 6 km away.
The fire was called “one of the largest” in the country’s history.
About 1200 residents and tourists were evacuated, and 10 people were treated in the intensive care unit, reported Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. Croatia’s fire protection chief Slavko Tucaković called the fire “one of the largest” in the country’s history.
Croatia is one of several European countries facing devastating forest fires this summer, with extreme heat and dry weather.
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