Burning days

The area of ​​fires in the Sverdlovsk region has recently doubled - up to 54 thousand hectares

At the end of April, fires began in the region. In two days, more than a hundred houses burned in the village of Sosva. It seemed that it could no longer be worse - the emergency mode was introduced in the forests of the Sverdlovsk region, reminded of fines for violations of fire safety rules. But, alas, the May weekend beat all the anti -records: yesterday, more than 33 thousand hectares of forest were covered by fire. This morning, 54 thousand are already blazing. The largest fire is in Upper Pyshma, where almost 7 thousand hectares are on fire. And the scale of the Apocalypse is not like the consequences of the departure of negligent barbecue to nature.

The emergency mode yesterday was introduced in several settlements of the region. One of them is the village of Pervomaisky, where warehouses with gunpowder lit up. According to the regional department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, two warehouses on an area of ​​960 square meters were destroyed by fire. meters, three more warehouses were saved. In total, in the village of Pervomaisky there are 20 warehouses with gunpowder. They belong to the enterprise for the disposal of shells and the production of industrial explosives "Hephaestus M" . According to media reports, each of them can be stored up to 20 tons of gunpowder.

At first, the cause of the fire in the warehouses was called the Forest Fire, but soon the press service of the FBU Avialesokhran refuted this version:

“On the contrary, the fire in the forest moves from the warehouses, which is recorded by the video surveillance system of the“ forest patrol ”.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the police work out several versions of the incident. During severe burning, local residents were evacuated from the village. They were taken by buses to temporary placement points. But mostly elderly people and mothers with children left. Men, who are younger, stayed in the village and, along with firefighters, saved their homes. The settlement was defended.

The Ministry of Natural Resources discovered the facts of arson on the territory of Egorshinsky, Berezovsky and Tugulysky forestry. Under Bulanash and in the area of ​​Lake Shitovskoye were “flashes of bright light”, after which fires began. In the area of ​​the village of Galashov, the Tugulym city district in five places simultaneously appeared fires of fires. Officials sent information to the prosecutor's office of the region and the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

“The region has a critical situation with fires,” said Evgeny Kuyvashev, the governor of the Sverdlovsk region. -She is aggravated by the weather:

Small winter, peat, then abnormally hot, dry spring, strong wind, tomorrow again gusts up to 20 meters per second! Unfortunately, now our rescuers independently cannot cope with all the centers, there are too many of them. ”

The governor requested help from the federal center. Aircraft of the Ministry of Emergencies, helicopters of the Ministry of Defense, the Russian Guard and the aircraft protection were sent to the Sverdlovsk region. Other regions help the Sverdlovsk residents - the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Arkhangelsk region.

According to Kuyvashev, the region needs an additional 76 million rubles for the purchase of tractors, bulldozers and all -terrain vehicles of increased cross -country ability, as well as the equipment of video posts for more prompt detection of forest fires. In addition, the governor invited the heads of federal departments to tighten the punishment for violators of the fire regime and increase the amount of the fine to two million rubles. And the volunteers who help extinguish fires, on the contrary, encourage.

Almost 8 thousand volunteers take part in the extinguishing of fires.

According to the Ministry of Emergencies of the Sverdlovsk Region, in the Middle Urals it was possible to eliminate the threat of spread of fire to settlements. The fight against fires goes around the clock. Aviation of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia and other departments on fires of fires carried out 48 water discharges with a total volume of 300 tons.

Based on the results of the meeting in the regional government, the region was divided into 7 main thermals on which rescuers work. In some areas of the region, a strong wind, so it is important not to put fire into settlements and save people at home. Today, Mi-8 helicopters, IL-76 and Be-200 aircraft fly out on fires.

About 100 people were evacuated to temporary accommodation points in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, less often, Gornouralsky district, Asbesta and Berezovsky. People were provided with food and sleeping places.

However, all this fiery bacchanalia did not affect preparations for tomorrow's Victory Parade. While the Urals are burning, in the evenings, slender columns of brave men march along the blocked central streets of Yekaterinburg. On May 9, a large number of events are planned, including a military parade, a concert and, of course, a festive salute.

Yekaterinburg