Yet Another Active Fire Reported in Rkoni Gorge

Another helicopter of the MIA Border Police has been involved in the fire elimination works in Shida Kartli. In addition to the Ateni Gorge, central Georgia, another forest fire has occurred in the Kaspi Municipality, in particular in the Rkoni Gorge. Accordingly, part of firefighters was transferred there from the Ateni Gorge. The fire liquidation works are intensively carried out on the spot. 

As for the Ateni Gorge, Gigi Khojevanishvili, the governor of Shida Kartli, said that the fire elimination works are very efficient there and the situation is not expected to be complicated.

Ten active fires were reported throughout Georgia yesterday, mostly on the lower layers of forests.

The Agency has called upon shepherds and hunters to exercise maximum caution to prevent fires, as “due to warm weather, the lower layers of woods are dry and easily catch fire.” 

By Ana Dumbadze 

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