125 firefighters continue to extinguish fire raging in Svanetian highlands
The terrain has made it difficult to fully put out the fire which broke out in a coniferous forest on October 18 in the Mestia municipality of highland Svaneti region. Photo: Emergency Management Service.
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A forest fire that erupted on October 18 still continues in the village of Latali, in the Mestia municipality of highland Svaneti region.
125 firefighters are still trying to fully extinguish the fire which is active mostly on lower layers of a nearby coniferous forest.
The situation is under control and the population in the village of Latali are not in danger. The fire remains on the lower layers of the forest, mainly on shrubs and leaves”, reports the press office of the Emergency Management Service of Georgia.
Additional firefighting groups from Imereti region and Tbilisi were sent yesterday to assist in the firefighting effort.