This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the ministry.

“The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, Alexander Kurenkov, arrived in the Gus-Khrustalny district of the Vladimir region to assess the situation in connection with natural fires,” the department said.

Earlier it was reported that Kurenkov went to the Ryazan region in order to coordinate the extinguishing of large pockets of forest fires.