“For a day in 16 regions of Russia, forest services and involved persons extinguished 33 forest fires in the area covered by fire, (v. -
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) 6,593 hectares,” TASS reports.
According to Avialesookhrana, there are 14 forest fires on the territory of the country on an area of 11,165 hectares.
Earlier, Deputy Head of Rosleskhoz Alexei Venglinsky said that the number of fires in the regions of Siberia had doubled compared to last year, and the area covered by fire had increased by 5.6 times.