In Russia, 43 forest fires were eliminated per day

“Over the past day, 43 forest fires on an area of ​​​​5929 hectares have been eliminated in Russia,” RIA Novosti reports.

It is specified that there are 148 forest fires on the territory of the country on an area of ​​184,523 hectares.

Earlier, the Ministry of Ecology, Nature Management and Forestry of the Republic of Sakha announced that artificial rains would be caused to extinguish forest fires in Yakutia.