“Localization at 15:15 (11:15 Moscow time) the fire was localized.
The preliminary area of the fire is 15 hectares.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 104 people and 34 pieces of equipment are working on extinguishing, including 32 people and 11 pieces of equipment from the Russian Emergencies Ministry.
Earlier, the press service of the government of the Irkutsk region stated that seven forest fires on an area of more than 80 hectares were eliminated in the Angara region in a day.