Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the need to appoint the federal level of response to forest fires and oblige nearby regions to provide the necessary equipment and people for firefighting. He made such a proposal at a meeting with the President of Russia on the elimination of natural fires on the territory of individual subjects of the country.
The district head noted that today the federal level of response is not always assigned to fires because an issue occurred on their territory. At the same time, the mayor emphasized that the fog spread over a distance of up to 400 km, covering nearby areas.
“Today, about 20 million people from other regions are covered somewhere by the smoke from the Ryazan region and are periodically closed. Therefore, of course, in such cases, it is necessary to take the official decisions of the federal response: not only wanting, but also forcing nearby areas to provide the necessary equipment and people to quickly put out the fires, ”he said. sobyanin.
In addition, the mayor of the capital proposed taking measures to prevent forest fires in areas located in densely populated areas – he recalled that this practice was used in Moscow and the Moscow region in 2010.
At the same time, Sobyanin emphasized that the capital’s region is ready to assist in their implementation.
He noted that on the eve of Moscow, 8.7 thousand people were allocated to fight fires in the Ryazan region, 2386 pieces of equipment, including six helicopters and 28 powerful bulldozers.
“Crown fires are spreading further, jumping over mineralized bands that have been created before. In the last few days, the fire has traveled 7-8 km further north. However, today the situation is already becoming more controllable. I believe the fire should be localized in a day or two. ” said.
Recall that on August 23, Sergei Sobyanin visited the Ryazan region and attended the meeting of the operational headquarters for extinguishing fires. The head of the region personally supervised the work of the rescue teams in the capital Ryazan region and instructed the allocation of additional forces and means to fight the fire.