На Кавказе бушуют лесные пожары

На Кавказе, в разных его частях, за последние дни произошли крупные лесные пожары.

В Грузии, с понедельника (21 августа), борются с лесным пожаром, охватившим площадь в 12 гектара в Боржоми-Харагаульском национальном парке. Как сообщается, для оказания помощи в тушении пожара Азербайджан направил вертолет Министерства по чрезвычайным ситуациям.

В Армении, в результате пожара в Хосровском заповеднике, который бушевал с 12 августа, были уничтожены около 200 гектаров пиковых и 900 гектаров дубовых лесов, а также 1600 гектаров травяного покрытия. К воскресенью (20 августа) более ста пожарным и спасателям, а также сотрудникам лесного хозяйства удалось локализовать пожар.

Между тем, по другую сторону Кавказа, в российском городе Ростове-на-Дону в понедельник днем пожар охватил более 30 домов.

Огонь начался в результате взрыва газа и вскоре распространился на территорию площадью около 10,000 квадратных метров, сообщает агентство «Интерфакс» со ссылкой на местное отделение МЧС. Пресс-секретарь энергетической компании «Донэнерго» Анна Ларченко сообщила информационному агентству ТАСС, что более 1,200 человек в зоне пожара в центре Ростова-на-Дону остались без электричества. "Из-за пожара две трансформаторные подстанции, расположенные в зоне пожара, должны были быть закрыты", - пояснила она, добавив, что источник питания будет восстановлен, как только пожарные из МЧС смогут локализовать пожар.

Согласно ранее опубликованным сообщениям, в результате пожара в Ростове-на-Дону пострадали более 30 частных домов на площади около 10,000 квадратных метров. Сообщений о погибших не поступало, в то же время около 36 человек обратились за медицинской помощью, а семь из них были госпитализированы. В городе объявлено чрезвычайное положение. Спасатели эвакуировали более 650 человек из соседних домов.

источник: commonspace.eu по материалам агентств

фото: Лесной пожар в Национальном парке Боржоми, 21 августа 2017 года (фото предоставлено Inter-Press News)

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