
Adverse weather conditions (NMU) were first declared in the Altai Territory, Kemerovo and Novosibirsk regions until July 26, the West Siberian Hydrometeorological Center reported on July 22.
Under the first NMU mode, industrial enterprises should reduce emissions by an average of 15-20%.
Earlier, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, the Tomsk Region and Khakassia was suppressed from forest fires. The authorities and the Ministry of Emergencies assured that the “small smoke with the smell of Gary” is safe.
According to the evening of July 22, about 984 thousand hectares of forest are burning in the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Irkutsk region. The main part of the fires is in the "control zone", where the fire, according to the responsible ones, is inappropriate to extinguish.