“Over the past day, 162 forest fires on an area of 19,877 hectares have been extinguished in Russia,” RIA Novosti reports a message from Avialesookhrana.
It is noted that by midnight on April 21, 78 forest fires were active in Russia on an area of 20,463 hectares.
Earlier, in the Trans-Baikal Territory, a high alert regime was introduced due to fires.