extinguishing large forest fires in the ABAI region in the eastern part of Kazakhstan continues.
Forces and means of the state fire service bodies provide assistance to forestry in the elimination of fire, the Kazakhstan Ministry of Emergencies said.
Fire extinguishing in the Abay region continues in 6 sites. According to the Forestry Committee, the preliminary area of the fire is 30,000 hectares, the department said.
Currently, more than 600 people, 168 units of the Ministry of Emergencies, the Forestry Committee, local executive bodies and the Ministry of Defense have been involved, the Ministry of Emergencies said.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan reported that hot weather led to the resumption of a forest fire in the territory of the Batpaevsky forestry in the eastern region. The work of fire services is complicated by a strong wind that promotes the rapid spread of fire to new areas.
, according to the first signal to the aid of the firefighters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, came the military personnel of the Armed Forces.
In the disaster zone, the crews of the army aviation of the family aviation unit are involved. From the capital to the Abay region, the Mi-171Sh Army Army Army Aircraft Air helicopter was additionally sent. Aviation equipment is equipped with suspended water with a capacity of 3.5 tons.
Also, more than a hundred military units of the Vostok regional command and 15 units of special equipment were involved in the fight against fire.
Abay region-the administrative-territorial unit of the Republic of Kazakhstan, bordering Russia in the north and China in the southeast.