“During the day, the number of fires decreased by 5 fires, 1 fire occurred and 6 natural fires were eliminated,” the press service reports to RIA Novosti.

At the special control of the Main Department there is a forest fire situation in the territory of the Aldan, Verkhoyansk, Zhigansk, Lensk, Nyurbinsky, Olekminsky and Suntarsky districts, where the largest number of wildfires are registered.

On the eve, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported that the daily increase in the area of ​​forest fires in Siberia and the Far East has decreased fivefold.