Il-76 is involved in extinguishing a forest fire in the Irkutsk region

This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the regional headquarters of the emergency department.

“An Il-76 plane of the Russian Emergencies Ministry arrived in the Baikal region the day before.

Today he will join the work to eliminate a large forest fire in the Katangsky region, operating on an area of ​​more than 30 thousand hectares, ”the department said.

Earlier it was reported that in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), investigators opened four criminal cases on the facts of forest fires.