After the fourth large-scale fire in the last ten days in Samtskhe-Javakheti, the government started talking about the sabotage,

, Abastumani forest has been on fire for the second day. The fire that emerged yesterday at three o"clock i on one hectare has spread to ten hectares already.

A fire broke out in Abastumani, Akhaltsikhe and Borjomi. Local people speak of suspicious circumstances. They say that the areas where fire broke out are inaccessible for the population and it is impossible that the cause of the fire is negligence.

Former Defense Minister Dimitri Shashkini does not exclude that large scale fires are a result of sabotage in Borjomi Abastumani and Akhaltsikhe forests.

The former head of the Ukrainian National Police, Khatia Dekanoidze blames the investigating agencies for indifference.

According to the Global Forest Watch, 568 fires were noted in Georgia during the last 10 days.