“Forest fires registered 2,075, the total area - about 400 thousand hectares. If we have already stepped over the number of fires last year, then we go by area according to the level of last year, ”TASS quoted the representative of Rosleskhoz.
He explained that the fire hazard season in most regions of Russia came almost a month and a half earlier than in 2019.
Earlier in the forests of Transbaikalia, an emergency mode was introduced due to fires.
On April 22, Russia eliminated 190 forest fires in a day.