ArmInfo.The IL-76 special dispatch of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia arrived in Armenia today at 19.20 to participate in an operation to extinguish fires that took unprecedented scale in the mountains of Armenia. The leadership of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia sent the request for assistance to its Russian counterparts.
According to some reports, about 700 hectares of juniper woodlands in the Vayotsdzor region are now burning near the territory of the Artavan village and over 1000 hectares of forest in the Khosrov Reserve. The fires began on August 10 and, due to hot weather and winds, began to spread rapidly over difficult terrain. Attempts to cope with the fire by the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations, due to very limited technical capabilities, have not yet been crowned with success.