“According to the information of the regional dispatching services of forestry, over the past day, August 13, 53 forest fires in an area of 61,211 hectares have been eliminated in Russia,” the report said.
According to data, on August 13, 173 natural fires were operating on the territory of the country on an area of 256,836 ha.
Earlier, the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia warned of a high fire hazard in some regions of Siberia and the Far East in the coming days.
Grigory Kuksin, expert of the standing commission on environmental issues of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia, head of the Greenpeace firefighting program of Russia, commented on the situation with forest fires in the country in an interview with NSN.