Employees of the Ural Air Base, forest protection, the Ministry of Emergencies, tenants of forest lands and volunteers localized all forest fires in the Sverdlovsk region on the evening of July 14. It has been reported press office information policy department
In addition, 18 forest fires in a total area of 860 hectares were extinguished.
As of July 15, fires continue in the districts of Verkhnepyshminsky, Artemovsky, Kamyshlovsky, Nevyansky, Alapaevsky, Taborinsky and Turinsky in the Sverdlovsk region. More than 650 people and nearly 140 equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire.
On July 13, the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region, Yevgeny Kuyvashev, declared a state of emergency in forest areas.
To the Disclosure Policy Department the previous day reportedThe largest fire was extinguished in the Sverdlovsk region, on 2.9 thousand hectares – this was the strongest fire in the region.
ex firefighters extinct The burning car on the Plevako embankment.