“At 00.00 Moscow time on September 8, 2019, there were 14 forest fires on the territory of Russia on an area of 438 hectares, for which active extinguishing was carried out,” the agency reports to RIA Novosti.
According to firefighters, in two regions of Russia there is an emergency mode due to fires.
A day earlier, the area of forest fires in Russia decreased by almost 7 thousand ha per day.