This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the main department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the region.
“At 17:00 Moscow time, the number of forest fires decreased from 11 to nine, their total area is 844 hectares.
Six fires were localized, including a large fire in the Vozhegodsky district on an area of 145 hectares.
During the day, two outbreaks were liquidated in the Nikolsky and Nyuksensky districts, ”the department noted.
It is clarified that the rescuers did not allow the movement of fire towards settlements.
Earlier, the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Evgeny Zinichev, gave a forecast for wildfires in the country.
On July 16, FAN wrote that drones are being used to extinguish a large forest fire in the Perm Territory.