The head of the Sverdlovsk region, Yevgeny Kuyvashev, said that the situation with the fires in the region is considered critical and federal assistance has been requested to fight the fire. It has been reported TASS.
“There is a critical situation regarding fires in the region. It’s made worse by the weather: winter with little snow, smoldering peat bogs, followed by an abnormally hot dry spring, strong winds, gusts of up to 20 meters per second again tomorrow. Unfortunately now our saviors are not able to cope with all the epidemics alone, they are too many,” the message says.
It was noted that the region requested federal assistance. According to him, aircraft of the Ministry of Emergencies, helicopters of the Ministry of Defense, the Russian Guard and Avialesookhrana will be deployed in the region. The Arkhangelsk Territory and the Krasnoyarsk Territory also help the Sverdlovsk Territory in firefighting.
Previously reportedHe said that the fire from the Sverdlovsk region forced residents of the Tyumen village of Ushakov to evacuate. They also did not specify where local residents would be taken. The government has yet to respond to journalists’ inquiries into this matter.
4 May, a large forest fire with strong winds spilled In houses in the village of Uspenka. Part of the village and two social institutions were evacuated. A state of emergency was declared in the village. The fire damaged 18 buildings, eight of which were residences.