"According to the regional forestry dispatch services, over the past day, on July 27, 65 forest fires were liquidated in Russia on an area of 1191 hectares," RIA Novosti reports.
It is noted that by 0:00 on July 28, 137 forest fires were recorded in Russia, which were actively extinguished.
Earlier, the Tagilcity.ru edition reported that an emergency warning of high fire hazard was announced in the Sverdlovsk region on July 28 and 29.