"Over the past day, on July 11, 130 forest fires were liquidated in Russia on an area of ​​42,559 hectares," RIA Novosti is quoted as saying.

It is noted that the most difficult situation with fires is observed in Yakutia, where 160 fires were recorded on an area of ​​603,598 hectares.

Earlier in Yakutia, they talked about the situation with wildfires.