Fourteen die in Kazakhstan forest fires
Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP):
Fourteen people have died in major forest fires in northeastern Kazakhstan, the Central Asian country’s emergency situations ministry said on Saturday.
“In total, 14 bodies have been found,” the ministry said in a statement, having previously announced it was searching for trapped forest rangers as fires consumed 60,000 hectares (148,000 acres) of land.
Official video from the Kazakh Ministry for Emergency Situations showed personnel fighting deadly wildfires in the eastern region of Karaganda. The bodies of 14 people were found, according to a statement released on the official Telegram account of the ministry, all of whom were rescuers. The ministry added that over “a thousand people, 252 units of equipmment” were involved in the operations.
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