Vilfand warned of high risks of fires in a number of regions of Russia

“A very serious fire situation in the Asian part of the country.

Classes 4 and 5 (high and extremely high. -

) are predicted in the Chelyabinsk, Kurgan regions, the Krasnoyarsk Territory, in the Omsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo regions, Tyva, in the south of the Khabarovsk Territory, in the Amur, Irkutsk regions, Altai Territory, " - TASS quotes his words.

Vilfand added that strong gusts of wind are expected in the Omsk, Kurgan, Irkutsk regions, as well as in the Altai Territory.

Earlier, the Russian Investigative Committee opened a case on the fact of the death of three people as a result of fires in the Tyazhinsky district of the Kemerovo region.