34 people, eight units of equipment were currently involved in extinguishing the fire near Astana, the press service of the Kazakhstan Ministry for Emergency Situations reports on Wednesday.
Empartments for Emergency Situations (EVA) of the capital were involved in the work.
Astana public health department appealed to the residents of the capital with a request to refrain from going out into the street unnecessarily.
The fire near Astana is generally localized. The total fire area was 80 hectares. There are no injured, extinguishing continues.