In the Ministry of Emergency Situations told about the settlements in the area of ​​smoke from fires

According to TASS, citing the press service of the department, more than 800 localities are currently suffering from smoke.

“The most difficult situation is in the territories of Yakutia, the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Irkutsk Region, where smoke is observed in 804 settlements of 38 districts,” the source said.

It clarifies that the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) was involved in extinguishing fires in the Krasnoyarsk Territory and Yakutia, in particular, two Be-200 aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter, which "carried out more than 25 discharges of water with a total weight of over 260 tons."

Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Prosecutor General's Office, the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to identify cases of deliberate arson of the forest to conceal illegal logging. Later, the Emergencies Ministry called the cause of the spread of fires in Siberia.