ArmInfo.At 15:26 clock local time on September 3, the Ministry of Emergencies of Armenia received a report on a fire in the forest on the mountain adjacent to the village of Byurakan, Aragatsotn region of Armenia.As the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia told ArmInfo, two combat crews and a crisis response team moved to the site of the fire. At the same time, the department notes that the head of the regional department of the
Ministry of Emergency Situations, Lieutenant-Colonel A. Amirjanyan is in charge of the fire fighting. <As for the situation at 5:00 pm on September 4 on the site of the fire 3 fires. The fire fighting headquarters is on site, 4 operational groups and 8 combat crews are involved. At the moment there is no threat to the population. The rising wind interferes with the work on extinguishing, "the ministry said in a statement. The Ministry of Emergency Situations notes that 71 rescuers, 54 servicemen of the Armenian Defense Ministry, 30 employees of the leshoz, 25 police officers, 20 employees of the city mayoralty and 115 residents of the Byurakan and Orgov villages are participating in the fire fighting. According to preliminary data, vegetation and forest cover burned on the territory of 20 hectares.