On August 15, early in the morning, Armenia’s minister of emergency situations Davit Tonoyan together with Russian rescuers conducted a reconnaissance flight with a helicopter to determine the places for dropping water on the fires in the Khosrov Forest state reserve, the ministry told Armenpress.
As of 08:50, the Russian IL-76 aircraft was carrying out the first flight.
2 flights and 2 drops are planned in advance.
On August 14, as of 17:00, 63 rescuers, 124 servicemen of the defense ministry, 19 environmentalists were involved in firefighting works in the Khosrov Forest state reserve.
