"On the territory of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) there are 222 natural fires, 15 were liquidated per day. The area of active combustion is 2.4 thousand hectares," the TASS agency cites a statement.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations added that two Be-200ES aircraft were used on the territory of the Suntarsky and Nyurbinsky regions.
Aviation dumped about 30 tons of water.
Mi-8 helicopters of the Khabarovsk Aviation Rescue Center of the EMERCOM of Russia were used for air patrolling and the transfer of forest protection personnel.
In just a day, more than 2 thousand people and 260 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing wildfires.
Earlier, the federal Avialesokhrana announced plans to attract additional forces to eliminate forest fires in Karelia and Yakutia.
On July 16, FAN wrote that drones are being used to extinguish a large forest fire in the Perm Territory.