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KAPAN, NOVEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS: For already the third day the Syunik rescuers do not succeed to finally extinguish the fire burst in the wood area near the Vardavank community. Head of the Syunik’s provincial rescue service Arthur Harutyunyan told Armenpress that the complicated relief complicates the fire extinguishing works.
The first alarm about the fires was received November 17. The fire extinguishing works lasted for more than 5 hours. On the next day November 18 in the afternoon new fire burnt in the other territory of the same wood zone. Only late in the evening at 11 pm about 50 rescuers managed to extinguish the fire.
The fires burnt 20 ha of trees, bushes. Arthur Harutyunyan said the human factor is the reason of fires.