"According to information from regional forestry dispatch services, over the past day, July 24, 67 forest fires were liquidated in Russia on an area of ​​8,636 hectares," RIA Novosti reports.

It is specified that 153 forest fires were active in Russia by midnight on July 25.

Earlier, Realnoe Vremya, citing data from the Hydrometeorological Center of the Republic of Tatarstan, warned of a high risk of forest fires in Tatarstan from 23 to 27 July.