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MOSCOW, 29 Aug.
MOSCOW, Aug 29
strong> The fire spread from burning dry vegetation to a forest in Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Territory, the fire area is 1.5 hectares, according to the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry.
«There is an ignition of dry vegetation, the fire spread to the forest. The area of the fire is 1.5 hectares,» the report says.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, the fire occurs in the Kupriyanov Shchel microdistrict on Rechnaya Street. A Mi-8 helicopter with a spillway with a capacity of five tons was involved in extinguishing the fire.
Earlier, the regional forest fire center reported that the forest was burning in Gelendzhik on an area of 7,000 square meters, this is the second ground fire in the resort city in a day. Prior to this, firefighters managed to localize the fire of dry grass in the forest area in the village of Dzhankhot in Gelendzhik on an area of 13 thousand square meters.