“At 00:00 Moscow time on August 24, there were 122 forest fires in Russia on an area of ​​42 thousand 411 hectares, which were actively suppressed,” RIA Novosti quoted the agency as saying.

According to him, in a day in Russia 14 outbreaks of forest fires were eliminated.

On August 23, Avialesokhrana reported that the area of ​​forest fires in Russia decreased by 58.2 thousand ha per day and amounted to 43 thousand 976 ha.

Earlier, the acting head of Rosleskhoz, Mikhail Klinov, said that the economic damage from natural fires since the beginning of 2019 amounted to 7 billion rubles.