"A total of 289 people were evacuated," said the agency interlocutor.
It is specified that 78 people, including 20 children, were sent to a temporary accommodation center, the rest are with relatives.
At the same time, according to Interfax, citing regional authorities, as a result of an emergency, more than 300 people, including 39 children, were left without shelter.
"The Ministry of Development of the Trans-Baikal Territory is preparing proposals for the prompt solution of the housing problem for people left homeless," the report says.
It is noted that the authorities have begun to organize the payment of compensation to victims of fires.
Earlier, the Emergency Situations Ministry reported that fires in all settlements of Transbaikalia were eliminated.
On April 19, an emergency regime was introduced in the province due to wildfires. Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Emergencies Ministry to strengthen the grouping to extinguish them.