“According to the information system for remote monitoring of forest fires of the Federal Forestry Agency, the total area of a natural fire is 4,640 hectares,” TASS quoted the statement as saying.
It is clarified that the weather in the area remains windy and hot, so special attention is paid to the edge of the fire.
The perimeter of the opashka is about 20 km.
At the moment, 152 people are involved in extinguishing the fire - employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, tenants of forest plots, foresters, as well as 53 pieces of equipment.
On the morning of June 25, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry announced that the area of natural fire covered by fire in the Uglovsky district of the Altai Territory had grown to 2.3 thousand hectares.