332 EMERGENCY INCIDENTS REGISTERED IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH IN JUNE-AUGUST 2008
DeFacto Agency
2008-09-23 15:13:00
Armenia
STEPANAKERT, 23.09.08. DE FACTO. 332 emergency incidents were
registered in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in June-August 2008.
According to the information DE FACTO received at the NKR Rescue
Service, 187 fires, 15 cases of finding weapon and ammunition, and
4 traffic incidents were registered for this period.
As a result of fires 4 368, 6 hectares of land burnt down, 9 flats and
4 transport facilities were damaged, one of which burnt completely. On
the whole, material loss made 3 million 975, 5 thousand drams. In sum,
11 citizens were fined 425, 000 drams for breaking fire-prevention
rules.
1 case of death in water (a 6-year-old child drowned) and two cases
of wolves’ attack on people were registered for the above-mentioned
period.
Both incidents connected with wolves’ attack on people took place in
Hadrut region. In the first case a predator caught a three-year-old
child, who was playing in his yard, and took him to a forest. The
child’s father managed to recapture his son, who was taken to
Stepanakert hospital. In the second case the same wolf attacked two
men and injured them heavily, as a result of which they were also
taken to hospital. On June 20 hunters managed to shoot down the wolf.
In June-August 3 people were injured as a result of incautious use
of weapon; one of them died.
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