"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.