“Over the past day, on May 30, 71 forest fires have been liquidated in Russia on an area of 372 hectares,” RIA Novosti is quoted as saying.
It is noted that by midnight on May 31, 55 forest fires were operating in Russia on an area of 3720 hectares.
The maximum area of fires was recorded in the Tyumen region, where 23 fires operated on an area of 1725 hectares.
Earlier, the governor of the Tyumen region, Alexander Moor, said that 90% of wildfires were extinguished in the region.