"According to space monitoring and the headmen of settlements, smoke was recorded in 1257 settlements in 45 municipalities of the Krasnoyarsk Territory," TASS reports the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region.

It is specified that on the morning of August 7, 392 settlements of the region were in the zone of smoke from forest fires in Yakutia.

Earlier it became known that in Krasnoyarsk a "black sky" regime was declared for three days due to the smoke caused by forest fires in Yakutia.