The first vice-minister of emergency situations of Kazakhstan Ibrahim Kulshimbaev commented on the situation with a fire in the Kazakh region Abay as of June 15.
“The fire is localized. Yesterday at 9 pm we reported this information. However, there is still extinguishing fires. There are strength and tools to completely extinguish the fire,” said Kulshshimbaev, whose words quoted.
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According to him, the leadership of the department is at the place of fires. “The total fire area was 60 thousand hectares. The fire (in the Abay region) was not completely eliminated. But we isolated it,” Kulshshimbaev added.
Answering the question of when the fire is completely eliminated, the vice minister said that this would happen in the near future. “In the near future, somewhere can be four or five days before the liquidation,” he said.
According to the Ministry of Emergencies of Kazakhstan, on June 14, 2023, at 21 hours 00 minutes, following the results of the flight and assessment of the operational situation, localization on the natural fire in the territory of the natural reserve of Orman families in the Abay region.
In this case, taking into account the current situation, a regrouping of forces and means was made to concentrate the main efforts to extinguish local foci of decay and prevent the occurrence of new.
At the same time, before the complete elimination, a constant spill of the locations of localized foci will be carried out, as well as the sealing and filling of the edge of the fire with soil, noted in the Ministry of Emergencies.
On June 8, on the territory of the Batpaevsky forestry in the field of Abay, there was a fire of trees. In a fire, 14 foresters were killed. The Prosecutor General reported to the President of Kazakhstan on the investigation of a criminal case on the fact of a fire in the field of Abai.