“It is proposed to allocate from the reserve almost 6 billion rubles to extinguish forest fires in a number of regions,” TASS quoted Medvedev as saying.

He noted that the most difficult situation was with fires in the Irkutsk region, Krasnoyarsk Territory and Yakutia.

Medvedev also added that the Amur Region, affected by the flood, will receive an additional 600 million rubles.

On August 8, it was reported that the area of ​​forest fires in Siberian regions exceeds 1.5 million hectares.