According to him, this year in almost all Russian regions are faced with abnormally hot weather, lack of rain and dry thunderstorms.
All this provoked forest fires.
“Unfortunately, not all subjects promptly responded to the fires ... Since the beginning of the year, there have been 10 thousand 897 forest fires in Russia, the area covered by the fire is over 4 million hectares,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
According to him, most of the forest fires occur in the Far East, more precisely in Yakutia.
Earlier it was reported that scientists from the All-Russian Research Institute for Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia predict an increased likelihood of fire hazard in 15 regions of the country.
On July 16, FAN wrote that drones are being used to extinguish a large forest fire in the Perm Territory.