Gostun Near Prijepolje: Fire Destroys Bojovic Family Home

A family house in the village of Gostun near Prijepolje burned down overnight between Saturday and Sunday, September 6, 2026. The fire broke out in the area toward the Alomerovske bare and engulfed the home belonging to the Bojovic family.

Firefighting and rescue crews from Brodarevo and Prijepolje were dispatched to the scene right away. According to reports from the ground, firefighters fought through the entire night to keep the flames from spreading further. The fire threatened nearby houses, outbuildings and the surrounding woodland, which meant several services had to work the intervention at once.

Alongside the firefighters, border police officers from the Gostun border crossing also took part in putting out the blaze. Numerous residents of the village joined the effort as well, helping to hold the fire back while they waited for the firefighting units to arrive and take over.

One Gostun resident described the scene while the fire was still out of control.

“The fire was huge, and we were afraid it would reach the nearby houses and the woods. Luckily, the firefighters, the border police and the residents reacted quickly and prevented an even bigger disaster,” the resident told the RINA news agency.

Through the joint effort of firefighters, border police and residents, the fire was eventually brought under control and its spread halted. By all accounts, that prevented far greater damage in the village, since at one point the flames endangered not only the building where they started but neighboring houses and outbuildings as well.

Available reports make no mention of any injuries, nor do they say how much time passed between the alert and the arrival of the first firefighting crew. It has also not been disclosed how many firefighters and vehicles took part in the intervention, or whether the site was kept under watch during the day afterward in case the fire flared up again among the ruins, a routine precaution after major fires involving wooden structures and other flammable material. The exact hours when the fire was spotted and extinguished were not specified either, only that it all happened overnight between Saturday and Sunday.

Gostun is a border village in southwestern Serbia, in the Prijepolje municipality, known chiefly for the border crossing of the same name leading into Montenegro. That proximity to the crossing is also why border police officers, who are not normally the first service called to fires outside their own jurisdiction, ended up among the first responders on the scene.

The reports specifically note that firefighters, border police and residents were all involved in the effort, in other words every available force that happened to be in the village and its surroundings overnight. According to the available accounts, it was precisely that combination that kept the fire from crossing from the Bojovic family’s house onto neighboring plots of land.

The cause of the fire is not known so far, and the relevant services have not stated in reports to date whether they suspect a technical fault, human negligence or some other cause. There is likewise no information yet on an estimate of the material damage to the house itself, or on whether the Bojovic family has been left without a roof over their heads or has other accommodation in the village.

This is an overnight fire we have not previously reported on, and further details, including any assessment of the damage or findings on the cause of the fire, will be published as they become available.