The rescue service convoy from the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) of Armenia has arrived in Samtskhe-Javakheti Province of Georgia, News.am reports.
The Armenian fire and rescue workers have already started their firefighting efforts in the area, the MES informed.
On August 20, a large fire broke out in the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park in Georgia. Georgian authorities asked the international community’s assistance in putting out this forest fire.
An Armenian MES rescue service convoy - comprising eight fire trucks and one rescue vehicle, one vehicle from the Disaster Medicine Center, and a mobile control station -which will serve as a an operative actions’ coordination headquarters at the scene - on Tuesday was sent to Georgia.