Fires reported at 10 locations in Georgia
More than 400 firefighters are trying to extinguish fires in several locations of Georgia today. Photo: Emergency Management Service press office.
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Ten active fires have been reported around Georgia today, mostly on the lower layers of forests, the Georgian Emergency Management Service stated earlier today.
There is a very low threat of the fire spreading to settled areas, the service says.
About 80 firefighters are trying to extinguish a fire at the village of Organchai, near the Georgian-Armenian border, while 150 firefighters are present in the villages of Ukangori, Kvemo Kartli village,” the Emergency Management Service reports.
The agency says that 100 firefighters are at the village of Mamati, in Lanchkhuti municipality, trying to put out a fire there.
The Emergency Management Service has called upon shepherds and hunters to exercise maximum caution to prevent fires, as “due to warm weather the lower layers of woods are dry and easily catch fire.”
A passenger car in the parking garage of Tbilisi Mall caught fire today, after which the mall was evacuated.
A total of 170 firefighters, dozens of firefighting and emergency machines and two border police helicopters have been brought in to extinguish a fire in Georgia’s Shida Kartli region. The fire has reportedly spread across some 40ha of a forest near the village of Sakavre, in Gori Municipality earlier today.
Over 70 firefighters and 14 firefighting machines gathered to extinguish the fire that suddenly broke out at the Lilo market on Thursday night. Investigation is underway to establish the reasons of the fire.
A fire that broke out in forests in Ozurgeti, in Georgia's western region of Guria late last night has been extinguished. The Emergency Management Service said the fire affected some 30ha in the village of Shemokmedi.
A helicopter and about 200 firefighters will try to put out fire at the village of Ormotsi, Ateni Gorge, in central Georgia. Fires were reported in the gorge late yesterday with firefighters working to put out the fire whole night.Ten active fires were reported around Georgia yesterday, mostly on the lower layers of forests.
One active fire remains at the village of Ormotsi, Ateni Gorge, in the central Georgia, has reported the Emergency Management Service of Georgia today.
Fires in the Ateni Gorge of Georgia, Kvemo Kartli region, have been extinguished after a four-day effort from about 300 firefighters, the Georgian Emergency Management Service reported earlier today.
A fire that broke out at the construction shop on Kavtaradze Street in Tbilisi on Monday night, has been extinguished.
Two helicopters have been deployed to combat a fire near the village of Vakijvari in the Guria region. There are about 120 firefighters at the place to put out the fire.
Georgian firefighters are trying to extinguish a forest fire near the Khaishi village in Mestia municipality of western Georgia.
The temperature may reach 40-42 degrees celsius in western Georgia tomorrow, with high air temperatures remaining until July 9 in the country, announces the National Environment Agency.