ArmInfo. EMERCOM of Russia will assist Armenian colleagues in extinguishing a major fire in the state reserve "Khosrov Forest" and sends an IL-76 for this purpose. This was reported by the press service of the ministry."In accordance with the request of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, the Government of the Russian Federation instructed the EMERCOM of Russia to send an Il-76 jet equipped with jet aircraft to Yerevan to extinguish forest fires on the territory of the Khosrov Forest," the spokesman said.
The IL-76 is capable of resetting 42 tons of water at a time to the fire, as well as creating a barrier strip 800 meters long and 60 meters wide with a total area of about 50,000 square meters. Meters. The IL-76 is considered one of the largest fire fighting aircraft in the world.
"The crew of the IL-76 EMERCOM of Russia is prepared for work in difficult conditions and has extensive experience in extinguishing wildfires, has repeatedly participated in the liquidation of emergencies in the territory of the Russian Federation and abroad," the Emergency Situations Ministry said.Earlier, Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia David Tonoyan appealed for help to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Puchkov to provide a helicopter to extinguish a forest fire in the Khosrov Reserve of Armenia. Meanwhile, rescuers continue to work on putting out a fire in the reserve, where from 200 to 250 hectares of grass and woodland on the "Winter" and adjacent territories from 12:30 on Saturday. At the same time, Armenian rescuers continue work on extinguishing forest fires in the territories near the village of Artavan in the Vayots Dzor region. In connection with the high temperature background, the Minister of Nature Protection of Armenia Artsvik Minasyan ordered a round-the-clock watch and brought the fire prevention equipment on high alert.