Foreign Ministry of Turkey expressed condolences in connection with the death of people as a result of forest fires in the Abay region of Kazakhstan.
“with deep sadness, we took the news of the death of 14 foresters as a result of fires in the Abay region. We express our condolences to the friendly and fraternal people and the government of Kazakhstan,” the department said on Twitter.
Kazakhstan President Kasim-Zhomart Tokaev announced on June 12 in the afternoon of national mourning for those who died in a forest fire in the Abay region.
In the territory of the Batpaevsky forestry, there was a fire of trees on a preliminary area of 0.3 hectares. All 14 foresters died in a fire in the Abay region. 316 people were evacuated due to fire in the region. The Government and Akimat of the Abay region was instructed to provide all the necessary assistance to the families of the dead. For evacuated by the fire, residents prepared 9 points in Semey.