“According to the regional forestry dispatch services, over the past day on April 27, 2020, 170 forest fires on an area of ​​10,021 ha were eliminated in Russia. At 00:00 Moscow time on April 28, 2020, there were 75 forest fires in the territory of the Russian Federation on an area of ​​60,414 ha, which were actively extinguished, ”the department said.

It is specified that in the Trans-Baikal Territory fires are extinguished on an area of ​​more than 27 thousand hectares.

Earlier, EMERCOM of Russia in 52 regions introduced a special fire regime, which provides for a complete ban on visiting forests and making fire in them due to the difficult fire hazard.