Pine forest in Abastumani has beenon for 6 hours. The fire is rapidly spreading and itis difficult to reach the firesites. Firefighter, rescuers and volunteers are in the disaster zone. Special equipment will start working in Abastumani only tomorrow morning. Today one helicopter was involved in the fire extinguishing works.

Locals fear that if the fires spread at such a pace, they may threat populated areas, but the governor of the region says that there is no threat of fire spreading on the large area

The fire broke out in the forest near Abastumani by 3 p.m.. Initially, the spread of fire spread did not exceed 1 hectare, but due to strong wind the fire spread over 5 hectares.