YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia Vakhtang Gomelauri thanked Armenia for offering assistance in extinguishing the forest fire, ARMENPRESS reports, "Sputnik Georgia" informs.
A forest fire in central-western Borjomi municipality of Georgia has been contained and nearby settlements are now safeguarded, the Emergency Management Service of Georgia said on Monday. The agency said 600 professionals, including 300 firefighters, of the Special Tasks Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were trying to extinguish the blaze which erupted last Friday near the villages of Kvabiskhevi and Zoreti.