Several wildfires in the northern (Skopje), Tetovo-Polog, south-west and Povardarie regions are still active. The fires in villages Trebovlje and Rastes near Makedonski Brod are still raging, the Crisis Management Center (CMC) said late Friday.
Fire-fighting units, forest enterprises, the Macedonian Army and local population are taking part in battling the blazes, the CMC said.
Bulgaria and Turkey are also helping Macedonia in an effort to contain multiple forest fires across the country, AP reports.
The government said Friday that additional water-dropping helicopters had been requested after fires intensified in the southwest of the country and were threatening homes, mostly in mountain villages.
The firefighting effort was being hindered by strong winds and temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius.
The government requested that businesses give pregnant and elderly employees time off during the heat wave.
