"An increased likelihood of deterioration of the parameters of the situation associated with wildfires is predicted in the western part of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, in the Irkutsk, Tomsk, Astrakhan, Rostov, Volgograd regions, the Republic of Crimea and Krasnodar Territory," RIA Novosti reports message.
Earlier, the sova.info publication warned of the high fire hazard of forests from 18 to 21 August in the Samara region.
On August 12, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia, head of the Federal Forestry Agency Sergey Anoprienko said that in 2020 it is planned to restore 1.1 million hectares of areas.