Governor of the Omsk Region Alexander Burkov TelegramA state of emergency was declared in the region due to the fires.
“He ordered that a state of emergency be declared in the region in connection with the increasing frequency of fires. We will definitely help everyone who is homeless due to the fire. We will not leave anyone in a difficult situation,” he said.
According to Burkov, a fire in the district’s Nazyvaevsky district destroyed many residential buildings and almost damaged a nursing home. 165 people and 23 pieces of equipment are on duty to extinguish the fire.
Earlier, it was known that on May 5, active forest fires occur in the regions of Russia. decreased about 1.5 times a day, up to 22,647 hectares.
In connection with a fire of 250 hectares near settlements in the Minusinsk region of the Krasnoyarsk Territory state of emergency declared. Andrey Fomenko, a resident of the village of Znamenka, told socialbites.ca that due to the rapidly spreading fire, people were gathering and preparing for evacuation.
Source: Gazeta
