The forest fire on the territory of the Semey Ormani Nature Reserve broke out on June 8, 2023. At that time, rescuers assured that there was no threat to settlements. Later the area of the fire increased to 60 thousand hectares.
The NASA image showed that the greatest coverage of the fire was with the wind direction from west to east. At that time, 14 forestry workers stopped contacting each other. The Akim of Semey declared a local emergency regime of a natural nature in the city.
During extinguishing the fire, 14 forestry workers died. There was one woman among them - Meiramgul Zhienbaeva
