ArmInfo. The Ministry of Emergencies informs that on November 15 at 3.12pm the "911" service received a signal about a fire that broke out in Turkey, there is a threat of its spread to the territory of the "Lake Arpi" of National Park of the Shirak region of Armenia.
2 combat fire and rescue crews departed to the place. The fire was localized at 6.57pm. As a result of joint actions at 7.30 the fire was completely extinguished. On the part of the territory occupied by Russian border guards, 320 hectares of grass cover burned out. 40 Russian troops, 3 employees of the Arpi Lake National Park and 7 local residents also participated in the fire extinguishing.