Two natural fires of 363 hectares are being extinguished near two settlements in Primorye. This was reported by RIA News referring to the regional government representative.
According to the agency, two fires are burning “on land of other categories” near the settlements of Khasan and Gvozdevo. 46 people are working on liquidation. It was announced that forest firefighters intervened in the fire in Khasan district of Primorye.
As the agency’s interlocutor said, as of 14:30 (7:30 Moscow time) there was no threat to residential areas.
The claim that the fire reached the border gate in Kraskino, also located in the Khasansky district of Primorye, also spread on social networks. A source familiar with the situation explained that the fire in the specified area occurred at night, but outside the village of Kraskino, where everything is normal now.
At the beginning of February, Evgeny Agulov, deputy chairman of the forestry committee of the Moscow region, told the 360 TV channel. saidArtificial intelligence (AI) has reportedly been introduced into the forest fire monitoring system in the Moscow region. It is planned that it will recognize the nature of fires and this will not need to be done “by eye”.
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