Helicopters try to extinguish fire near Tsagveri, Georgia
Tweet 
Share
A new section of the forest near Tsagveri resort in south-central Georgia is still burning and more foreign countries are offering their assistance to Georgia.
Azerbaijan has sent helicopters to help Georgia fight combat wildfire, while Turkey is also sending aircraft to help Georgia fight.
Apart from helicopter efforts, up to 300 firefighters, rescuers and rangers have been fighting the fire for several days now.
Photo from: www.ipress.ge
A 6-km road was paved through the forest so that firefighting engines can approach the fire pockets.
A number of wildfires occurred in Georgian forests this month. The largest fire was in Borjomi Gorge that burnt for seven days before being put out in August.
An investigation is underway to find out the causes of frequent forest fires in Georgia this year.
Azerbaijan has sent its helicopters to help Georgia fight with the wildfire at a new section of the forest near Tsagveri resort in south-central Georgia, Zurab Alavidze Georgian Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure said.
UPDATED: Ukraine will send a firefighting aircraft to help Georgia fight a forest fire that broke out yesterday near Abastumani, a small town and climatic spa in Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti region.
The Georgian Armed Forces have joined firefighting efforts in Georgia’s Borjomi Gorge where a massive forest fire broke out five days ago and is still burning.
UPDATED: It is the third day that a massive forest fire which broke out in the Borjomi Gorge is still raging in Central Georgia. The latest estimations say that tens of hectares of forestland is on fire.
A wildfire in in the Tsagveri forest in south-central Georgia has been localised; however, he helicopters will monitor the site and the fire extinguishing works will continue tomorrow morning wherever necessary.
A wildfire in the Tsagveri forest in south-central Georgia has been extinguished, but the firefighters are staying to monitor the site. Tsagveri is part of Borjomi Gorge, where a massive forest fire has happened earlier in August, too.
A commission was set up upon the initiative of the Environment Ministry and involved the country’s leading nature experts to assess the situation and develop a plan of forest restoration.
The Georgian Environment Ministry plans to design a monitoring and warning system for forest fires across Georgia that will give early notice of an impending disaster. Negotiations with foreign donors and experts have already launched.
Georgia has hired a multifunctional helicopter Mi-8 from Belarus, which can be used against fires and in other emergency situations.