He said that "an extremely high fire hazardous fifth class is preserved in the Ust-Aldansky ulus, in the east of the Gorny and in the south of the Zhigansky districts."

"Under the special control of the leadership of the republic, forest fires in the territories of the villages of Magaras, Kyuerelyakh, Ert Gornoye and the village of Kyryky, Verkhnevilyuisky uluses," RIA Novosti quoted Sadovnikov as saying.

On July 16, FAN wrote that drones are being used to extinguish a large forest fire in the Perm Territory.