According to information from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, four firefighting teams were dispatched to the scene of the incident. The fire was fully localized and extinguished at 12:29, with approximately 150 square meters of territory affected by the flames.
The plant is located in the Ak-Turpak rural municipality.
According to Colonel Temirbay Aitbaev, head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Batken region, the first firefighting team arrived at the scene at 10:08. The fire occurred in a 1000 cubic meter tank, where remnants of oil began to burn.
In Kyrgyzstan, oil and gas are primarily extracted in two regions — Batken and Jalal-Abad.
According to data from the Kyrgyz Geological Service under the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology, and Technical Supervision, there are seven small oil fields in the country: Mailisay, Chigirchik, Changyrtash, Tamchi, Karagachi, Beshkent-Togap, and Tashravat. Four of them are located in the Batken region, and three are in Jalal-Abad.
There is also the Chaur Yarkutan field; however, it is classified as "practically depleted" in the mineral resources registry.
Natural gas reserves are concentrated in Southern Rishtan, located in the Batken region.
