“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.