During the day, forest fire services in the Russian Federation managed to extinguish 69 forest fires. It has been reported press office “Avialesookhrany”.
In the statement made by the ministry, “On May 19, 2023, the forest fire departments and related persons extinguished 69 forest fires in 25 regions of Russia in an area of 1,448 hectares covered with fire.”
As of 00:00 on May 20, 60 forest fires occurred in an area of 1,699 hectares on the territory of the Russian Federation and all of them were actively extinguished. The most difficult situation was recorded in the Sverdlovsk region. It was recorded that 28 fires broke out in an area of 1100 hectares.
Previously at the Ministry of Natural Resources of Transbaikalia reporteda local resident admitted to deliberately committing arson and owed the state more than 10 million rubles.
A resident of the Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky district said that on April 15, a neighbor deliberately set his mower on fire. As a result, the fire spread to the forest.