Fire extinguishing works went on al night in Byurakan forest
ArmInfo. All night long work on extinguishing a fire in the forest on the mountain near the village of Byurakan continued. As the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia told ArmInfo, 154 rescuers took part in extinguishing the fire.
To note, on the eve of late at night the Minister for Emergency Situations David Tonoyan left for the scene of the fire. According to the situation at 22:30 on the 4th of September, there were no active fires, only passively smoking foci were recorded. The area of the burnt site is 80 hectares. At 15:26 local time on September 3, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia received a report on a fire in the forest on the mountain adjacent to Byurakan village of the Armenian Aratzon region. Head of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Lieutenant-Colonel A. Amirjanyan leads fire extinguishing works. The Ministry of Emergency Situations notes that servicemen of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, employees of the forestry, police, city hall residents of the villages of Byurakan and Orgov are also involved in extinguishing the fire. It should be noted that Byurakan is the Byarakan Astrophysical Observatory after Hambardzumyan of NAS RA - one of the leading scientific institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.