The company said that the operator of Russian space remote sensing equipment continues to monitor emergency situations through the Russian orbital group.

The operator of Russian space remote sensing equipment continues to monitor emergency situations through the Russian orbital group - https://t.co/1x7OfCvFvb

In the EMERCOM of Russia, data in the amount of more than 1 million 982 thousand square meters were transmitted. km pic.twitter.com/7ZoBqRABMa

- ROSKOSMOS (@roscosmos) on August 1, 2019

It is noted that "Roskosmos" transferred to the Russian Emergencies Ministry data in the amount of more than 1 million 982 thousand square meters. km

Earlier it was reported that the first two IL-76 aircraft flew from Krasnoyarsk airport to extinguish wildfires.

Deputy Minister of Defense Dmitry Bulgakov arrived in the region to coordinate the work of the department.

Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, Colonel-General Vladimir Shamanov, in an interview with the ANF, noted that the scale of fires in the Far Eastern Siberian zone exceeded the capabilities of the Emergencies Ministry, so the Defense Ministry forces were involved.