Fire on the mountain Mokhnatko 18-hectare(video)

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.

"The rapid spread of the fire contributed to the north wind at the moment is the threat from the south. And on the north and west sides of the fire, stop," - said Lee. He also added that the human factor is not excluded, but the exact cause of the forest fire will be announced later.

In order to identify the causes and establish damage Almaty oblast territorial department of Forestry and Hunting of the Ministry of Agriculture in cooperation with the bodies of fire service of Almaty region launched an internal investigation.

The result of the investigation - "The total area covered by the fire, is 77.6 hectares, including forest area - 47.6 hectares. Overall damage caused by fire, of 2,558,883 dollars," - said in a press release.

One of the main causes of fire is hot weather and the large number of dead trees on the slopes after last May's storm. Recall that in connection with the incident about 300 people were evacuated from the Camp "Mountain Sun".

Translation: tengrinews.kz