According to the press service of the department, he made a corresponding statement at a meeting of the government commission on the prevention and liquidation of emergency situations and ensuring fire safety.

“Due to the fact that the fire hazard season has already started in a number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, I ask the heads of regions to immediately ensure 100% preparedness to extinguish forest fires,” Anoprienko said.

He said that since the beginning of the year, 30 forest fires have been eliminated on the lands of the Russian forest fund, which is almost 8 times less compared to the same period last year.

Earlier, the Newsnn.ru portal reported that they intend to open a forest fire monitoring center in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, which will operate around the clock.