The fire in Arevik National Park has been extinguished due to the coordinated efforts of 25 firefighters, 100 servicemen of the Armenian Defense Ministry, 20 employees of the Park, as well as a group of villagers.
The press office of the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations has told ArmInfo that the fire-fighting operations were resumed on July 15, at 4:30 am local time.
The fire was localized at 6:55 am and completely extinguished at 7:42 am. 230 ha of plant cover has burnt out, including 5 ha in the territory of Arevik National Park, the source says.
To recall, the Ministry of Emergency Situations received the alarm about the fire near Aratashen village of Syunik province of Armenia on July 13, around 2:43 pm local time. The fire broke out in a hard-to-reach rocky place.