Fire destroys 3 000 ha, man suffers burns in W Kazakhstan
09:27, 12 August 2012
ASTANA. August 12. KAZINFORM Fire destroyed 3 000 ha of steppe in West Kazakhstan, Kazinform has learnt from the Kazakh Emergencies Ministry's press service.
On Saturday (August 11) the forest fire was liquidated in West Kazakhstan region. It broke out on August 10 and swept 3 000 ha. A man thought to be in his 40s got thermal burns and was hospitalized as a result of the incident.