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The Ministry of Emergencies cannot cope with fires in Siberia. Fire area doubled per day
The area of forest fires in Siberia doubled a day. Today, 92 centers are blazing here for 1935.6 hectares. Of these, 38 fires for 641 ha are localized.
According to ITAR-TASS in the regional center of the Ministry of Emergencies, 1564 people and 366 units of equipment were involved in the elimination of the foci of forest fires per day. Airplanes and helicopters "Aviation -Services" 33 times climbed into the air to monitor the situation and search for new foci.
Fire inspectors conducted 364 raids to identify cases of fire safety violations in the forests, and amounted to 87 administrative protocols for violators. To limit access to forests and monitoring of the situation, 1612 mobile and stationary posts were set.
According to the Office for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, in the next day the emergence of the highest 5th grade of fire hazard is possible in the 21st region of 4 regions of Siberia. In forests of 100 districts of 11 Siberian territories, meteorologists predict the 4th class of danger.