“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.