Firefighters contain large-scale fire in Holy Mountains National Nature Park in Donetsk Region

Firefighters have localised a large-scale forest fire that broke out in the Holy Mountains National Nature Park in Donetsk Region and spread to Kharkiv Region.

This was reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

‘On the territory of the Holy Mountains National Nature Park, the fire is localised on an area of 6,000 hectares. The elimination of individual foci of forest litter smouldering on an area of 130 hectares is underway, but no fire spread is observed. The operational situation is being monitored to prevent re-ignition," the statement said.

The State Emergency Service also adds that a fire has been localised near the village of Studenok in the Kharkiv Region over an area of 1650 hectares.

In total, the fire covered an area of 5,000 hectares in Donetsk and Kharkiv Regions. It destroyed 302 households and injured 3 local residents.

As a result of the detonation of explosive devices left by the enemy after the de-occupation of the region, 4 firefighters of the Kharkiv garrison of the State Emergency Service were injured.