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Another fire breaks out in Boom gorge

A large fire broke out again in Boom gorge near Kok-Moinok village on May 7.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the fire occurred at the 157th kilometer of Bishkek — Naryn — Torugart road in Ton district of Issyk-Kul region.

At least 15 employees of the Forest Service, two fire teams, one brigade of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and 15 employees of Kyrgyz Temir Zholu state enterprise were involved in the fire extinguishing. The area of the fire was about 10 hectares.

Recall, a large fire in Ton district of the Issyk-Kul region near Kok-Moinok village occurred on March 24. More than a hundred people were involved in its extinguishing. At that time, the fire destroyed about 60 hectares of floodplain forest.

Another fire broke out in the same place on April 26.

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