Forest in Yalta is on fire again. Forest fire at the time of Yalta rally near the Uchan-Su waterfall / PHOTO / VIDEO
Andrei Klimenko, BlackSeaNews
At about 07:15 (LT) of September16, 2012 we noticed smoke about 200 meters above the waterfall Ychan-Su. The seat of fire is situated in the hard-to-reach location at the foot of the rocky slope of the plateau of the Ai-Petri Mount. Accessways are not available. The well known tourist Stangeev Path is going through this area ...
08:11 September 16, 2012. Photo by Andrei Klimenko, BSNews
About 8:10 a Mi-2 helicopter of Yalta mountain-forest preserve showed up above the seat of fire. In an hour it made another flight over.
08:11 September 16, 2012. Photo by Andrei Klimenko, BSNews
At 9:20 a Mi-8 helicopter of Crimean branch of Ministry of Emergency of Ukraine arrived from Simferopol and made the flght over the fire seat . At 09:35 the helicopter of Ministry of Emergency of Ukraine took the container for water from the helicopter platform and proceeded towards the sea. At 09:42 helicopter made the first and at 09:52 the second discharge of water onto the fire seat.
08:12 September 16, 2012. Photo by Andrei Klimenko, BSNews
09:51 September 16, 2012. Photo by Andrei Klimenko, BSNews
09:52 September 16, 2012.Helicopter discharges water. Photo by Andrei Klimenko, BSNews
09:52 September 16, 2012. Helicopter discharges water. Photo by Andrei Klimenko, BSNews
09:58 September 16, 2012. Helicopter discharges water. Photo by Andrei Klimenko, BSNews
09:58 Helicopter discharges water. Photo by Andrei Klimenko, BSNews
10:00 September 16, 2012.Helicopter is on the way for another load of sea water. Photo by Andrei Klimenko, BSNews
10:00 September 16, 2012. Helicopter is on the way for another load of sea water. Photo by Andrei Klimenko, BSNews
Situation fire report as at 11:03, September 16, 2012:
11:03 September 16, 2012. Helicopter is on the way for another load of sea water. Photo by Andrei Klimenko, BSNews
11:03 September 16, 2012. Helicopter is on the way for another load of sea water. Photo by Andrei Klimenko, BSNews
As it was at 11:03 of September 16, 2012 helicopter made at least 14 discharges of water. The seat of fire was not still less, but seemed to become wider...
Captured on video at 13:17