It is expected that Bulgakov will hold a meeting with the command of the Central Military District, representatives of the Emergencies Ministry and the regional administration.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Defense to assist in extinguishing fires in Siberia and the Far East.
It was reported that ten Il-76 planes and ten helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces, equipped with special spillway devices, will fly to Krasnoyarsk.
The area of forest fires in Russia is almost 3 million hectares. The emergency mode was introduced in the Irkutsk Region, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Yakutia and Buryatia.