The specially protected natural park “Khasansky” burned down in Primorye

In the Primorsky Territory, the Khasansky natural park, which was given the status of a specially protected natural area, burned down “almost completely.” about this on Facebook . wrote Olga Dymnikova, head of the environmental direction of the Element charity foundation,

According to her, on January 7 the park “was set on fire” and burned until January 9. Dymnikova does not specify who exactly set the territory on fire.

“The fire extinguishing services arrived at the scene 7 hours after the fire, despite the fact that they were provided with a satellite monitoring system, and the fire was reported to them immediately!
The responsible structures for extinguishing fires in the natural park are the FBU “Avialesookhrana” and the Ministry of Emergency Situations,” the activist writes.

The fire, Dymnikova clarifies, was started to be extinguished by the voluntary fire brigade “Cretaceous period of the Khasan region”. Its founder, Andrei Barsukov , told VL.ru that the vigilantes arrived at the scene an hour after the fire.

The Amur Basin Environmental Prosecutor's Office began an investigation due to the fire, VL.ru clarifies.

The Khasansky Natural Park is located on the Russian border with North Korea and China; it occupies 9984.9 hectares. As Dymnikova notes, migratory birds stop in the park, so 26 species of ducks, several species of geese and about 50 species of waders can be found there. In addition, in the park one could find animals and plants listed in the Red Book of Russia, Japan and South Korea.

Fires in the park, the activist notes, occur every year. In 2005 and 2017, he burned out completely.