
There are 52 forest fires in the permanent observation area: 44 in the Katanga district, in Kirensky and Bodaibinsky-three each, in the Mamsko-Chuy and Kazachinsko-Lensky-one at one. The total area of these fires is 69,863 hectares of forests and 136 022 nonsense hectares. Of these, only those that threaten oil and village are stewed.
According to the regional dispatch service of the Irkutsk region on the morning of August 17, eight forest fires are in the localized stage: four fires in the Kirensky district, three in Kachug and one in Zhigalovsky. Their total area is 584 hectares of forest covered with forest and 110 hectares of forest uncovered.
Five forest fires continue to operate on an area of 1048 hectares of forests and 890 hectares of forests uncovered by forest: they are all located in the Kirensky district.