"According to the regional forestry dispatch services, over the past 24 hours on September 11, 19 forest fires were liquidated in Russia on an area of 86 hectares," RIA Novosti quoted the agency's message as saying.
The report states that by midnight on September 11, 19 forest fires were active in Russia on an area of 710 hectares, on which work was carried out to actively extinguish.
Earlier, the EMERCOM of Russia told about the situation with forest fires in the country.