“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.