Emergency mode introduced due to fires removed in northern Buryatia

“The emergency mode introduced in early July was lifted in the North Baikal region,” the department said.

They noted that in mid-August the emergency mode in the Trans-Baikal National Park was lifted.

At present, a special fire regime continues to operate in the republic, the agency’s interlocutor informed.

In four regions of Russia - the Irkutsk region, the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Buryatia and Yakutia - an emergency mode was announced.

The Federal Forestry Agency estimated the economic damage from natural fires from the beginning of the year at 7 billion rubles.