“Over the past day, July 15, in Russia, 1-5 forest fires have been liquidated on an area of 13,025 hectares,” RIA Novosti reports.
It is noted that the most difficult situation with fires is observed in Yakutia, where 134 fires were recorded on an area of more than 858 thousand hectares.
Earlier it became known about the transfer of additional forces, including fire aviation, to the regions of Yakutia engulfed in wildfires.