There is a difficult situation with forest fires in Russia, especially in Yakutia and the Sverdlovsk region, the situation is tense. About this in a conversation with NSN aforementioned Grigory Kuksin, founder of the Landscape Fire Prevention Center.
“In the middle of the fire season, we are at our peak. Tensions will continue to escalate for the next one to two weeks. The most tense situation is currently in Yakutia, where all the problems converge. Yakutia, Khabarovsk Territory and Amur Territory now provide the largest areas and the most severe situation. Added to this is the unusually bad situation in the Urals in the Sverdlovsk region this year,” he said.
The expert added that all necessary measures were taken to prevent smoke in Yekaterinburg. Kuksin emphasized that peat fires are dangerous as they produce toxic fumes and create new open fires. However, the expert said that some fires cannot be put out until it rains, although the weather does not allow for correction.
24 July at the Ministry of Emergencies reportedThere are 267 natural fire beds in 19 regions of the country, where the natural fire area in Russia is 1 million hectares. Experts predicted that next week a high fire hazard is expected in the Astrakhan region, south of the Volgograd region and Kalmykia.
Former head of the Ministry of Emergencies criticized the work of the authorities to prevent natural fires.
Source: Gazeta
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