Turkey Assists Georgia in Forest Fire Fight

Three Turkish airplanes dropped water bombs on October 1 to help Georgian firefighters who have failed to control a blaze in the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, in western Georgia, that has raged since September 26.

Turkey provided fire-fighting airplanes after upon a request by the Georgian side. ?The scale of the fire has already been reduced and the situation in under the control,? the Georgian Ministry of Environment reported on October 1.