The forecaster spoke about the deterioration of the situation with fires in the Far East and Siberia

"A high and extreme level of fire hazard is predicted in the next five days in the Irkutsk region, Evenkia, Yakutia, Magadan region, in the south of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug," he said.

According to Vilfand, the situation with forest fires in Siberia and the Far East will worsen due to a small amount of precipitation in the first decade of August.

Earlier it was reported that the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia and Rosleskhoz propose to introduce an interregional emergency regime in Yakutia and the Irkutsk region due to forest fires.