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Bačka Palanka declared an emergency situation on 6 August after its emergency staff met over a landfill fire that began overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. 021 and Danas report dense smoke in town; residents are advised to keep windows closed, avoid outdoor exertion and air rooms only after the smoke clears.
A fire at several sites in the Ibar gorge between Ušće and Maglič is in its second day. N1 reports that it has reached conifer forest and that inaccessible terrain is hindering firefighting; Danas relays an initial estimate of about 80 hectares of pine forest plus 70 hectares of dry grass and low vegetation, with an Interior Ministry helicopter deployed.
Rail traffic between Belgrade and Novi Sad resumed at about 02:00 on 31 July after an overnight halt caused by a field fire near the tracks. Srbijavoz said the disruption between Batajnica and Beška had ended; passengers reported evening delays in Nova Pazova and Beška.
On the evening of July 26, a car drove into a column of people during a Bačka Palanka protest walk supporting students. N1 reports eyewitness accounts of two people lightly injured; emergency services attended and traffic police intervened after the vehicle stopped.
One of the two seriously injured people died after the explosion in a Starčevo home's yard, bringing the death toll to two. Police and the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Pančevo continue to establish the circumstances and cause.
The Belgrade Appeals Court again annulled confirmation of the Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor's indictment over the Novi Sad station canopy collapse that killed 16 people, returning the matter to the Belgrade Higher Court. This is separate from the Novi Sad proceeding, where the local Appeals Court recently confirmed an indictment.
