“Over the past day, 184 forest fires on an area of 8,721 hectares have been extinguished in Russia,” TASS reports.
According to Avialesookhrana, there are currently 101 more forest fires in the country on an area of over 12.7 thousand hectares.
Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that in almost all federal districts of Russia, with the exception of the Central, a difficult fire situation is predicted for the upcoming May holidays.