Wildfire on Hvar island brought under control

About 40 firefighters with eight vehicles were involved in the operation. About 30 hectares of grass, low vegetation and pinewood were consumed in the conflagration.

It was the first large wildfire in Split-Dalmatia County this season.

A spokesman for the Hvar fire service said that the police had arrested a man who had been illegally filming the blaze with a drone thus endangering the safety of the firefighting planes.