Fire breaks out in Vashlovani Protected Area in Dedoplistskaro municipality [VIDEO]
The Emergency Management Service says firefighters have been deployed on the spot. Photo: Giorgi Gogua/RFE/RL.
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A fire has broken out in the Vashlovani Protected Area in Georgia’s south-eastern Dedoplistskaro municipality a few hours ago today.
Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe reports that difficult terrain has made it difficult for the firefighters to access the location of the fire.
Lightning hit trees and caused a fire in the protected area. Currently we [firefighters and employees of the protected area] are walking to the scene. The terrain is quite difficult and fire trucks could not get close to the fire”, said Vazha Cherkezishvili, the Head of the Ranger Service at the Vashlovani Protected Areas.
Currently it is unknown how many hectares are on fire.
The Emergency Management Service says firefighters have been deployed on the spot.
A total of 300 fires reported in Georgia since January 4, 2021 have been extinguished. The Emergency Management Service stated earlier today that over 700 fire-fighters, hundreds of fire trucks and a border police helicopter have been working to contain the fire. Meanwhile, hotspots in Georgia’s Russia-occupied region of Abkhazia remain active.
Georgian firefighters have contained three of the remaining seven fires in western and central Georgia.
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