“Over the past day, on June 27, 91 forest fires have been liquidated in Russia on an area of ​​5956 hectares,” TASS is quoted as saying.

It is noted that the largest number and area of ​​fires was recorded in Yakutia, where 198 fires were active on an area of ​​146,881 hectares.

Earlier, VNII GOChS reported about possible fires in a number of Russian regions.