“It is necessary to more actively involve aviation equipment in extinguishing the fire in Yakutia, to work out the issue of always having the necessary supply of fuel for aircraft and fire engines that will fight the fire,” TASS quotes him.
He also noted that the Cabinet of Ministers of Russia has already allocated an additional 400 million rubles to fight the fire, and in total this year, about 3 billion rubles will be allocated for these purposes.
Earlier in Yakutia, they talked about the situation with forest fires.
On July 16, FAN wrote that drones are being used to extinguish a large forest fire in the Perm Territory.