According to the state news agency "Kazinform", 14 foresters were killed in a fire in the Abai region. 316 people were evacuated due to a fire in the region, the news agency "Dunyo" reports.
On the territory of Babaevsky forestry there was a fire of trees on a preliminary area of 0.3 hectares. A helicopter was brought in to extinguish the fire. In addition, rescuers from three regions were sent to help extinguish a forest fire. The preliminary area of the fire is already more than 60 thousand hectares.
Later, in addition, rescuers from Almaty, Almaty, Karaganda regions and Jetysu region were sent to the emergency site to fight the fire.
The President of Kazakhstan postponed to a later date his official visit to Vietnam, which was scheduled for June 11-13.
