“The head of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia Alexander Kozlov and the acting head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Alexander Chupriyan flew to the Krasnoyarsk Territory,” TASS reports.

As specified, members of the government on the ground must assess the situation and involve the federal reserves to help the regional authorities.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin listened to a report on measures to eliminate natural fires from the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Uss, as well as.

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Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Alexander Chupriyan and instructed to provide the victims and relatives of the victims with all the necessary assistance.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a state of emergency was declared due to large fires.

On the facts of death of people criminal cases are raised.

Short circuits were cited as the main cause of the fires.