“According to the information of the regional forestry dispatch services, over the past day on July 18, 2020, 134 forest fires on an area of ​​8 508 hectares were eliminated in Russia,” the text says.

It is noted that by the end of the day in Russia there were 188 forest fires on an area of ​​39 978 ha, which were actively extinguished. 

Earlier it became known that the total number of fires in Russia since the beginning of the year decreased by 10%, the number of victims decreased by 15%.