“According to the information of the regional dispatching services of forestry, for the past day, on August 1, 25 forest fires on an area of 6,866 hectares were eliminated in Russia,” the department said.
It is noted that at 0:00 on August 2, 160 forest fires were in effect on the territory of Russia.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Defense to help extinguish fires in Siberia and the Far East.
Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, Colonel-General Vladimir Shamanov, in an interview with the ANF, noted that the scale of fires in the Far Eastern Siberian zone exceeded the capabilities of the Emergencies Ministry, so the Defense Ministry forces were involved.