Children rush out from courtyards large and small to see what’s going on. Within a few minutes the streets are full of noise and commotion, the complete opposite of the silence that previously reigned.
Verin Khotanan is a village in Armenia’s southern Syunik Province. More than half the population is older than 70.
The media in Armenia should be asking what caused the fire now raging in the Khosrov Forest State Reserve. For me, that’s the real story to be investigated here.
The ministry says that a Russian water tanker plane continues to make flights over the affected area.