Fire breaks out in yet another location in eastern Georgia
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Young local volunteers have gone to help extinguish a fire that has broken out in the alpine zone of Kakheti region in eastern Georgia.
Fire-fighters have been working to extinguish the fire that, according to the local population broke out a couple of days ago.
The fire has spread on grass some 15 kilometers away from the village and the smoke has been seen in the Artvani forest since morning.
According to Georgia’s Interior Ministry’s Emergency Service a helicopter has been monitoring the situation and there is no threat that the fire will further spread.
This has been the second case of fire in the Kakheti region in recent days.
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