In Gelendzhik forestry, rescuers put out the fire with the help of a Mi-8 helicopter belonging to the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia. More than 30 tons of water was spilled during the extinguishing of the fire. DEA News.
“The fire in the Gelendzhik forest has been extinguished. The Mi-8 helicopter belonging to the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia fired 11 shots with 30 tons of water.
It was previously reported that a bonfire lit by tourists caused a massive forest fire near Gelendzhik. The source said that the fire occurred in the area of u200bu200bthe former camp “Sosnovy” – SNT Sosnovka. The forest is burning in an area of more than 1 hectare. According to preliminary information, the fire was caused by a group of tourists lighting a fire.
Tourists resting in Sosnovka, seeing the fire and a column of smoke, hastily began to leave the beach and the forest area. Emergency services are already at the scene of the fire.
Formerly in the Beloretsky district of Bashkortostan fire brigade blocked they had to leave their equipment and take shelter in the mountains in a burning forest, where they were spotted by a rescue helicopter. Firefighters put out the fire for a week near the villages of Aznagulovo and Katarysh, while part of the group was engulfed in flames. They left the equipment, went through the mountains in one direction, where they were not cut off by fire. In the smoke, firefighters managed to fire a rocket launcher so a rescue helicopter could see them, and everyone was evacuated.
Previously in the Krasnoyarsk Territory due to the jokes of a teenager the village almost burned.