ArmInfo. Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia David Tonoyan appealed to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Puchkov for help to provide a helicopter to extinguish a forest fire in the Khosrov Reserve of Armenia. Meanwhile, rescuers continue work on putting out a fire in the reserve, where from 200 to 250 liters of grass and woodland on the "Winter" and adjacent territories from 12:30 on Saturday.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia, according to the regulations for 06:30 on August 14, fire extinguishing on the territory of the Khosrov Forest was resumed. In the firefighting in the territory of the "Khosrov Forest" reserve, 69 rescuers, 1 helicopter of the Air Force of the Defense Ministry of Armenia, an operational group of the anti-crisis center of the Ministry of Emergency of Armenia take part.Earlier it was reported that on August 12 at 12:30 on the Rescue Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia received a signal that a meadow burned in the state reserve "Khosrov Forest" in 20 km from the village of Urtsadzor (Ararat region).
The operational group of the Fire and Rescue Unit - 14 rescuers, 4 rescue rescuers from the operative squad of the Regional Rescue Board, 6 people from the Masis and Ararat detachments of fire and rescue teams and 8 firefighters from the Ararat operational Detachment. The area of the fire is about 200-250 hectares.