“Since the beginning of the fire hazard season of 2020, 68 forest fires have been detected and eliminated. The total area covered by fire was 214,819 ha. Of these, 22 forest fires in the area covered by the fire, 52,370 hectares, were eliminated by the GAU PJSC "Base for Aviation Forest Protection" with the participation of the Federal Reserve "Avialesohrana" Federal Reserve. There are no active fires, ”RIA Novosti reports.
Earlier, the supervisor of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Vilfand, said that Chukotka is one of the most fire-hazardous regions of Russia.
As of July 16, natural fires were operating in Chukotka over an area of almost 14 thousand hectares.