Area of the fire on the mountain Mokhnatko in Ile-Alatau State National Natural Park Almaty area is 18 hectares as at 09.50 Astana time.In extinguishing the fire involved 536 people. Involving 43 units of ground vehicles and three helicopters. As Deputy Chief State Fire Service CSR Almaty Alexander Lee, within three hours of the fire fly up two helicopters. He also said that the fire was known about 22 hours on August 22 from city residents. By the time the first firefighters fire area was two hectares.