Forest fires extinguished at two of seven locations in western Georgia
Forest fires are raging at seven locations around the country, the Georgian Emergency Management Service reports, calling upon hunters, locals gathering pine cones and fruits and backpackers to be “maximally cautious.” Photo: Emergency Management Service press office
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The Emergency Management Service reported that forest fires have been extinguished near the village of Khevrali in the municipality of Mestia in Svaneti region and in the village of Didi Riketi in the municipality of Khulo in Adjara region in western Georgia earlier today.
The Emergency Management Service released a video showing how fire-fighters have been trying to put up the fire at different locations:
About 200 fire-fighters will try to extinguish fire at the five remaining locations from tomorrow morning near:
- the village of Tskhumari in the municipality of Mestia in Svaneti region
- the village of Iri in the municipality of Oni, in Racha region
- the village of Khideshlebi in the municipality on Oni in Racha region
- the village of Abari in the municipality of Ambrolauri in Racha region
- the village of Salkhino in the municipality of Martvili in Samegrelo region
Forest fires have been raging at seven locations around the country from November 17. Fire was reportedly ranging in the Russian occupied region of Abkhazia as well.
Emergency Management Service calls on the farmers, hunters, rangers and local residents to be “maximally cautious” not to harm the nature.
Forest fires are raging at seven locations around the country, the Georgian Emergency Management Service reports, calling upon hunters, locals gathering pine cones and fruits and backpackers to be “maximally cautious.”
140 firefighters and 30 local employees of the forest agency are trying to extinguish a forest fire near the village of Tskhumari, in Georgia’s mountainous Svaneti region.
Firefighters have been dispatched to combat "strong fires" in Razmati Valley, located in central Georgia's Shida Kartli region, with helicopters involved in efforts.
Up to 150 firefighters, 30 foresters and a border police helicopter have been brought in to extinguish a fire in the Borjomi Gorge in central Georgia.
One active fire remains at the village of Ormotsi, Ateni Gorge, in the central Georgia, has reported the Emergency Management Service of Georgia today.
Firefighters have rescued five people, including three minors from a fire at a flat on the ground floor of a residential building in Mukhiani, Tbilisi.
A recent fire in Abastumani, a small town and climatic spa in Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti region, may have been a case of arson, announces the Emergency Management Service of Georgia. The agency says that the fire has already been extinguished and the lower cover of the coniferous forest has burnt.
Two hundred and forty three fires have been reported in Georgia in the past 48 hours, mostly in the western part of the country.