Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) and the Ministry of Environment contradict each other

Forest fires in Lerik and Lankaran regions of the country, which started  two days ago,  have been localized, MES reported. According to the MES, the fire covered about 30 hectares of the forest belt near the village of Piran in  35 km from the regional center of Lerik. Personnel and equipment  of the fire protection squadron of MES were attracted for fire fighting. Employees  of the forest farm also participated  in the fire extinguishing. Currently fire  has been  localized, and measures  continue to extinguish smoldering.

 The fire  in the Hirkan highlands national park, which is only 8 km away from the district center Lankaran was also localized. Here  the flame covered 5 hectares of forest.

At the same time, the Ministry of Environment claims that the fire covered  much smaller area.

Neither  MES nor the Ministry of Environment  not called the causes of forest fires. According to local residents, the fire in Lerik could become careless  use of fire in the manufacture of charcoal.

A few years ago as a result of large fire burned about 15 hectares of shrubs in Shirvan National park.-06D-