Fire extinguished on mountain in Tusheti
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A fire that broke out last week has been fully extinguished along the mountains of the village of Khakhabo in Tusheti in northeastern Georgia, Georgia’s Interior Ministry said.
The Ministry’s Emergency Service and Special Tasks Department has taken care to prevent the further escalation of the wildfire, while the National Forestry Agency has once again inspected the territory.
It took time for the firefighters to reach fire areas due to lack of roads in the mountains. Photo Interior Ministry's press office
Several teams of emergency device are staying on the ground with foresters to monitor the situation.
Firemen, fire engines and helicopters have been fighting forest fires at different locations across Georgia for more than a week.
A fire has been localized in Khulo, on the Shavnabada Mountain in Georgia’s western seaside Adjara region, David Tserodze from the Ministry of Environment told the local media.
A fire erupted today at the forest near Abastumani, a small town and climatic spa in Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti region. Georgia’s Emergency Situations Agency reported, manpower and all necessary technique are already mobilised at the scene.
A Georgian border police helicopter made an emergency landing while filling the reservoir in Borjomi Gorge this morning.
Interior Ministry said the pilot did his best to land on the water in such a way as to avoid casualties.
A fire erupted over about 0.5 hectares of forest lands on a mountain in Georgia’s western region of Svaneti.
A fire has broken out in the forest of Chailuri in Kakheti region in eastern Georgia earlier today, which according to the Georgia’s Interior Ministry’s Emergency Service has been localised. Fire-fighters who immediately went to deal with the fire have taken care to prevent the further escalation.