“The fire is spreading in more than 16 settlements, about 200 buildings, several sawmills, a kindergarten are burning,” the agency said in a Telegram message.
It is specified that about 300 people and more than 90 pieces of equipment, including a fire train, are involved in the elimination of fires.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, as a result of fires there are dead.
Earlier, a state of emergency was declared in the Krasnoyarsk Territory against the backdrop of large fires.