Firefighting resumes at Armenian forest
Firefighting activities have today resumed at a forest in Armenia’s Syunik Province, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.
A major wildfire erupted in the forest near Lehvaz-Vardanidzor highway on Sunday, August 11, to advance to the Arevik National Park.
The wildfire had destroyed around 12 hectares of vegetated area and wooded land, namely juniper and fir trees, before being contained on Monday morning.
The ministry said a total of 67 rescuers, 30 soldiers from a Meghri military unit, 45 police officers, 25 members of the Hayantar SNCO of Syunik, 15 members of the Zangezur Biosphere Complex and 15 members of the Arevik National Park joined the firefighting efforts.
However, on Thursday Arevik National Park said 25 spoking hotspots were observed in the forest.
The fire burnt some 2 hectares of vegetated area before it was contained at 1:10pm. At 10:30pm firefighting activities were stopped, with patrolling implemented by 24 firefighters and 7 workers of Arevik National Park.
A special task force has been set up to deal with the emergency.
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