Major Explosion Shakes Suburb of Tirana

A major explosion shook the entire village of Gërdec in the suburb of Tirana today, around 12 o’clock. An army depot full of explosives was engulfed in a battery of explosions. The smaller explosions were followed by a major one which shook even the hill where the depot was located. The impact of the main blast was felt at an over 1 kilometer radius breaking windows and even destroying the houses in its way.

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Elvis Plaku

Elvis Plaku was born and raised in Tirana, Albania. He has been blogging about Albanian culture, travel and everyday life since 2004 — one of the country's longest-running English-language blogs. By day he runs the web agency Sfida.PRO; here he writes as a local, sharing the Albania he actually knows.