Safonov said that "the fire spread to the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region."

“In this regard, I signed a decree on the introduction of an emergency regime in the city,” the head of the city said.

According to him, "now the personnel of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the National Guard, emergency units of the city and the nuclear center are working on the territory."

"The mobile control center of the governor, fire brigades of Arzamas, Diveyevo, Voznesensk, Vyksa, Navashino are involved," he added.

Also in the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in Mordovia reported that the region “continues to actively fight the fire on the territory of the reserve named after P.G. Smidovich ".