The third group of firefighters of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived in the Turkish city of Mugla on August 8 at 09:00 (GMT+4) in accordance with the instruction of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to extinguish forest fires and prevent their spread to a wider territory, Trend reports.

The fire and rescue forces of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan, which are in brotherly Turkey in accordance with the instructions of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, are successfully continuing operations to extinguish fires, Trend reports.

Azerbaijan will send another group of firefighters to help extinguish massive forest fires across Turkey, Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov told APA on August 6.

The sapper unit of the Special Risk Rescue Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan launched operations in the liberated territories in January 2021, Javid Khanahmadov, warrant officer of the sapper unit, told Trend TV.

The short number ‘112’ of the hotline of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan has received information about a fire in an open area and partly in a forest belt in a mined area near the village of Shahyeri in the Khojavand district (previously liberated from Armenian occupation), Trend reports citing the Ministry of Emergencies.

Some 35 officers of the Civil Defense Forces and the Special Risk Rescue Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan have successfully completed another course on demining the territories, Trend reports.

Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan continue search and rescue operation in a two-story private house in the city of Khirdalan, Absheron district, where the explosion took place, Trend reports citing the press service Ministry of Emergency Situations.

A group of pyrotechnics of Russia's Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of the Consequences of Natural Disasters, together with employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan, continues the operation to clear the Azerbaijani lands liberated from Armenian occupation, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan told Trend.

Azerbaijan's Ministry of Emergency Situations continues to establish fire departments in the territories liberated from Armenian occupation, Trend reports citing the ministry.

Fire Control Services of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Emergency Situations began to function in the territories liberated from Armenian occupation, the ministry’s head Kamaladdin Heydarov said, Trend reports on Dec.16.