Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend I.Alizade / On 14 August at 15:30 with local time, a large fire took place in Khirdalan forestry strip located in the territory of Jeyranbatan water reservoir.
The Head of the Department for the Forestry Development of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan, Rovshan Jalilov, said that 15 fire engines of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were involved in the place of incident and as a result it was possible to extinguish the fire by 18:30.
According to Jalilov, the fire resulted from local inhabitants' burning the garbage. The fire covered nearly 30- 35 ha territory. Currently a special commission is making clear the amount of damage.