“Pollution of the atmosphere by a large number of combustion products during large fires can lead to major environmental and climatic consequences,” TASS quotes it.
As an example, he cited the years 1972 and 2010, when more than 1.4 thousand hectares of forests burned in total. According to Khasanov, then from 15 to 20 million tons of oxide and carbon dioxide were emitted into the atmosphere. He also added that the situation is also worsened by the fact that natural fires on a large area begin to maintain themselves: the temperature around them rises, and the smoke does not allow atmospheric cyclones with precipitation.
Earlier, Sergei Abanin, deputy head of the Antistikhiya center of the Emergencies Ministry of Russia, explained what caused the spread of fires in Siberia over a large area.
On July 29, the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Alexander Uss, said that extinguishing forest fires in part of Siberia could be pointless.
In June, Tatyana Davydenko, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, in an interview with journalist Andrei Karaulov spoke about embezzlements in the region’s forest industry and the threats it received. Later, deputies of the legislative assembly regions voted for her resignation.