“According to our statistics, the main reason is the unauthorized fallen dry vegetation,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Along with this, he added that in the regions that are most susceptible to incineration, the number of investigators of the Ministry of Emergencies has been increased by more than 300 people to investigate the causes of such fires.
According to him, for the violations committed, the department has already prosecuted more than 365 local governments, nearly 900 officials and 123 legal entities.
Earlier, the head of the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) Sergey Anoprienko told how many forest fires have occurred in Russia since the beginning of the year.