"Over the past day, on May 7, 132 forest fires were liquidated in Russia on an area of 6660 hectares," RIA Novosti is quoted as saying.
It is noted that the largest area of fires was recorded in the Tyumen region - 8759 hectares.
Earlier, in 11 municipalities of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, a special fire regime was introduced due to the heat +30 ° С.