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More than 3 million hectares of forest burned in the eastern part of Russia
About 3.2 million hectares of forest lands in the regions of Siberia and the Far East have been covered by fire since the beginning of 2022, it follows from the data of the Aviation -Service as of August 1 (taking into account active foci and those that were abandoned).
About half of the entire burning area falls on the Khabarovsk Territory - 1.68 million hectares, 2.14% of the total region. Moreover, on an area of 746 thousand hectares, there is no fire extinguishing. The region has an emergency mode.
The emergency regime was also declared in the Republic of Sakha, where about 537 thousand hectares passed the fire (the second indicator among the regions of eastern Russia).
In percentage, after the Khabarovsk Territory, the territory of Ugra (Khanty -Mansi Autonomous Okrug) was most affected - there the fire occupied about a percent of the entire territory of the Autonomous Okrug (33 thousand hectares).
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