"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.