"According to the regional forestry dispatching services, over the past day, September 23, 13 forest fires were liquidated in Russia on an area of 630 hectares," RIA Novosti reports.
It is noted that by 00:00 Thursday, September 24, 17 fires were active in Russia on an area of 655 hectares, on which work was carried out to actively extinguish.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko spoke about the situation with forest fires in Russia.