As of Wednesday, August 23, the fire has already covered 467 hectares of forest. As reported by CBC News, quoting the words of the Speaker of the Fire Service Kevin Skrepnek, local fires combined into one big.
Rescuers make "good progress" in putting out the fire, however due to its size it will continue to burn for some time.
At the same time, Skrepnek noted that it would take a long time before we could talk about the localization or control of the zone covered by fire.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in Georgia for the third day burning Borjomi Gorge. Despite the fact that three helicopters are involved in the process, about 400 firefighters, more than 100 forest rangers, 500 employees of the Department for Special Assignments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as dozens of heavy equipment that have been mobilized from different regions of the country, the fire can not be extinguished.