“Over the past day, 83 forest fires on an area of 101,338 hectares have been extinguished in Russia,” RIA Novosti reports.
It is specified that there are 104 forest fires on the territory of the country on an area of 191,148 hectares.
Earlier it was reported that in the Nizhny Novgorod region from August 9 to 15, the fourth class of forest fire hazard will operate.