Smoke from forest fires enveloped the north of the Irkutsk region

This is stated on the website of the department.

“Last day, according to space monitoring, in the region 103 settlements in eight regions fell into the smoke zone in the region,” the statement said.

It is noted that for a day, 45 calls were received to the helpline of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Unified duty and dispatch services of municipalities about the smoke from residents of Mamsk-Chuy, Kirensky, Katangsky, Nizhneilimsky, Ust-Kut regions.

Earlier, the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Uss said that extinguishing forest fires in part of Siberia could be pointless. As of August 8, the area of ​​forest fires in Siberian regions exceeds 1.5 million hectares.

On August 1, the Ministry for Emergencies called the cause of the spread of fires in Siberia.