Forest fire on the border of Mari El and the Nizhny Novgorod region is localized

This was reported to Zaitsev by the Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology and Environmental Protection of the Republic Alexei Kiselev.

“The forest fire on the border of Mari El and the Nizhny Novgorod region is localized.

At the moment, its area in Mari El is up to 700 hectares.

There is no threat to settlements, ”the message says.

Kiselyov clarified that the fires are being guarded and extinguished, and patrols are being carried out at night.

There are enough forces and means. 

Earlier, the 360 ​​TV channel reported that the Minister of Ecology of the Moscow Region, Tikhon Firsov, said that the environmental situation in the region in connection with fires in the Ryazan Region is monitored daily using mobile laboratories.