Forest fire area in mountainous region of Dagestan grows

About a hundred people are fighting a forest fire in the Untsukulsky district, its area has grown to 27 hectares. Residents of the village of Gimry are taking part in the fight against the fire even at night.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, forests are burning in the Untsukulsky and Tlyaratinsky districts of Dagestan. The Ministry of Emergency Situations assured that there is no threat to populated areas, and local residents are taking part in extinguishing the fire.

The area of the landscape fire in the Untsukulsky District of Dagestan has grown to 27.8 hectares, there is no threat to populated areas and economic facilities, the press service of the government of the republic stated.

"97 people and 17 units of equipment continue to extinguish the landscape fire 5.2 km from the village of Untsukul in the Untsukulsky District on a mountain slope in a hard-to-reach area. In total, the fire has covered 27.8 hectares. The fire is ground-level, the forest floor is burning. There is no threat to the populated area and economic facilities," the report said. the message says.

A regional response level has been introduced in the Untsukul district.

Residents of the village of Gimry are helping to extinguish the fire even at night, despite the difficult terrain, the administration of the village of Gimry said, publishing a video of local residents climbing to the site of the fire near the village of Vremenny in the Untsukul district at night.

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