According to him, there is a control zone, “where the fire is by definition not extinguished,” and a guard zone, where fires are eliminated.
He explained that the control zone is considered mainly the northern territory of Siberia, where fires occur regularly mainly due to thunderstorm activity. According to Uss, "it was a hundred, and three hundred, and five hundred years ago."
“The fact is that this is a common natural phenomenon, to fight with which it is meaningless, and maybe even somewhere harmful,” said the head of the region.
He also said that if firefighters, “thousands of people,” were sent to the control zone, then with this level of smoke and remoteness, “we really expose people to senseless danger.”
“The time of arrival there is more than three hours. How can they be saved there if the fire goes? ”He said.
Uss also said that this year the territory of the forest, which was engulfed in fire "a little bit smaller" than in the past.
Previously, the area of forest fires in Siberia exceeded 1.6 million hectares.