ArmInfo. On March 23, at 18.02, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia received a signal about a fire in the National Park "Dilijan".
According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia, the fire broke out on 2 hectares in the area called "Khurdah". At the scene were 5 employees of the state non-profit organization "ArmForest", who controlled the situation. At 22.20 there was a signal about the need for assistance from the firefighters. The operative group and a free account of 8 firefighters left for the scene. Due to the difficult terrain, fire trucks were not able to approach the fire. Exclusively human resources carried out extinguishing the fire. The fire was localized in 02.05, extinguished at 02.20 hours. Burned about 12 hectares of grass cover. The Ministry of Nature Protection was informed of the incident. 12 firefighters, 10 employees of "Armles" and two citizens took part in extinguishing the fire.