“At 00:00 Moscow time on August 31, 124 forest fires took place on the territory of Russia on an area of 37 thousand 313 hectares, which were actively suppressed,” RIA Novosti reports.
A day earlier, the area of forest fires in Russia, which were actively suppressed, was 30 thousand 848 ha.
According to the agency, the most difficult fire situation is observed in the Trans-Baikal Territory, where the area of fires is about 18 thousand 300 hectares.
Earlier, an expert of the Permanent Commission on Environmental Issues of the Presidential Human Rights Council Grigory Kuksin, head of the Greenpeace Russia fire prevention program, commented on the situation with forest fires in the country in an interview with NSN.