Tbilisi. Up to 1 ha of forest have caught fire in Samtskhe-Javakheti region, on the territory, contiguous to Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, Levan Tabunidze, a director of the park's administration told the BLACK SEA PRESS correspondent on Tuesday, September 8.
The fire not far from Tsinubani and Atskuri villages of Akhaltsikhe district broke out on September 7, in the evening. Rescuers from Tbilisi came to the place of the disaster.
"The fire has not been extinguished yet because of a complicated terrain. At the present time works on preventing spread of the fire to other territories are carried out. Helicopters will be involved in the operation", Tubanidze said.
The reasons of the fire are being established.