Firefighters still trying to extinguish forest fire in Lentekhi, Mestia
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Firefighters are trying to extinguish a fire in the Zeskho village of Mestia municipality of Svaneti region, as four fire locations remain active.
The Emergency Management Service reports that it is unlikely the four sites will cause any serious complications, nor will there be a spread of the fire which broke out three days ago.
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti governor Archil Japaridze told the media that it is raining now in the village and only firefighters are at the scene.
If there is any necessity of the involvement of a helicopter, it will become involved in the process when the rain stops,” Japaridze said.
The governor said that he expected that the fire will be extinguished shortly.
Japaridze said that 2,5 hectares of forest have been burnt.
The governor of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Archil Japaridze says a fire that has erupted in the forest of Zeskho village in Lentekhi municipality, Svaneti region, will be localised by the end of the day.
The forest in Ateni Gorge, Gori:two pockets of fire broke out in a forest.About eight ha of forest has been burnt so far Emergency Management Service official statement says.