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Natural fires approached Irkutsk
Irkutsk was covered with smoke from natural fires. Residents have already made a hashtag in social networks with a request to "extinguish the city by airplanes." The fires occurred near Angarsk.
Irkutsk covered the smoke from forest and steppe fires. The strong smell of Gary is felt in the central part of the city, Taiga told. Eye eyewitnesses on the evening of May 8.
Smoke is noticeable from the left -bank part of the city. In addition, residents of Angarsk observed the glow of fires, according to one of the largest Irkutsk publics in VKontakte - “ DTP 38 ”.
“The large forest fire in 40 kilometers from the regional center caused a strong smoke in the city of Irkutsk, the Irkutsk district, and the deterioration of visibility on the roads,” said the State Emergencies Ministry of Emergencies on the Angara. “Currently, extinguishing a large forest fire in the Irkutsk district continues with the forces of the Ministry of the Forest Complex of the Irkutsk Region, the District Administration, Volunteers.”
Social networks published dozens of strong fires near Irkutsk and Angarsk. The fires and evacuation of residentswere reported on the afternoon of May 8. Three non -residential houses burned down. In the Irkutsk and Bayandaevsky districts of the Angara region, the emergency regime was introduced.
On VKontakte, dozens of videos and photographs from residents are published. The public DTP 38 reports that fires were seen near the village of Malaya Topka directly near the city, strong smoke is observed in the Studgorodka Irkutsk.
“From the side of Oyok, fire is on fire. Need help, people, water, pumping !!! Help!!! - Cits a public message from users. - From Nikolsk, people are already shouting for help too! With tears. <...> Maximovshchina, Bryashino needs people. ”
Irkutsk users of VKontakte have already come up with a hashtag #Tychitarkutsksamlets . Earlier, the country village in the area of the city of Usoli-Sibirskoye was completely burned out-this is less than two hours of driving from Irkutsk.
According to the space monitoring of fires on May 8, the total area of fires near Irkutsk was about 30 thousand hectares.
UPD (23:10) The regional government said that there were no threats to the settlements.
“ In just May 8, 45 natural fires were registered in the region for a total area of 18 thousand hectares,” the regional government report said. - 11 fires on an area of 181 hectares were eliminated, nine on an area of 2398 hectares - localized. Today, 916 people and 294 units of ground equipment were mobilized to extinguish all fires. ”
The city hall of Irkutsk, in turn, noted that there were no fires in the city. According to the director of MKU "Safe City" Andrei Medvedev, Irkutsk will be covered with smoke from large forest fires in the territory of the Irkutsk region.
“Residents are recommended, if possible, not to open the windows, without the need not to go out. And also to refrain from walking with children until smoke passes, ”the city hall said.
Photo vk.com/irkdtp
Space monitoring site of fires. Blue Contour - Irkutsk, red contours - boundaries of fires