The head of Yakutia announced August 13 as a day off in 11 municipalities

He stated that "smoke from fires negatively affects the well-being of people."

“Therefore, I signed a decree declaring August 13 a non-working day in 11 municipal districts.

The weather will improve tomorrow afternoon, so I ask people to spend this day at home.

First of all, this is Yakutsk, the Zhatay urban district, the central regions, "Nikolaev is quoted by TASS.

Earlier it was reported that the head of the EMERCOM of Russia Yevgeny Zinichev arrived in Yakutia for operational control of the forces that extinguish wildfires.