Ministry of Defense Aviation Fights Fire in Irkutsk Region and Krasnoyarsk Territory - video
2019-08-03T14:03:55.973Z
In the Irkutsk Region and the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Russian Defense Ministry aircraft extinguished more than 450 thousand hectares of forest fires out of 1.1 million of the total area of the uncontrolled spread of fire. On August 3, IL-76 BTA aircraft made 24 sorties, dropping over 1 thousand tons of water. On account of the crews of Mi-8 helicopters 60 sorties, more than 600 tons were spent on fighting with 32 open fire sites. The use of aviation has allowed a five-fold reduction in the rate of fire propagation and the elimination of air smoke in nearby cities and towns.
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Source: russiart