“In total, since the beginning of the season, 2,599 forest fires have occurred in the regions of the Siberian Federal District to date.
The area covered by the fire is 200,000 hectares... The number of fires, according to the subjects, has doubled.
The area covered by the fire increased by 5.6 times compared to last year, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
At the same time, he added that the indicators of last spring are generally not typical for the Siberian region, since a significant amount of precipitation fell, which ensured a low fire rate.
Venglinsky also stressed that 94% of the fires were caused by human faults: due to violations of fire safety rules and burning of dry vegetation.
Earlier, URA.RU reported that the first forest fires this season were recorded in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.