In Russia, 160 forest fires were extinguished in a

day Over the past day, 160 forest fires were extinguished in RUSSIA on an area of ​​4,581 hectares, FBU Avialesokhrana reports with reference to regional forestry dispatch services.

Forest fires were eliminated in the Leningrad, Orenburg, Novosibirsk, Kurgan, Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, Kemerovo, Irkutsk, Omsk, Tomsk and Amur regions, the Republics of Bashkortostan, Altai, Tyva, Khakassia, Buryatia, Primorsky, Altai, Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk Territories, Jewish AO.

Also, by midnight on April 30, 59 forest fires with a total area of ​​9945 hectares continued to be actively extinguished in Russia. Most of all, the fire spread in the Amur region - there were eight fires on an area of ​​4873 hectares.

The Ministry of Natural Resources named regions with a tense situation due to forest fires Society

In addition, the Russian Emergencies Ministry warned of an increased risk of wildfires, as well as a possible fire spread to settlements and infrastructure in 27 regions of the country.

An increase in natural fires is expected in the Amur, Astrakhan, Volgograd, Vologda, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Orenburg and Rostov regions, Altai, Transbaikal, Krasnoyarsk regions. Krasnodar and Primorsky territories, as well as in the republics of Altai, Bashkiria, Buryatia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia, Tyva and Chechnya.

“The source of emergency situations is making fires, burning dry grass, burning brushwood, forest litter, dry grass in violation of the requirements of fire safety rules in the forest and in areas directly adjacent to forests,” the ministry said in a statement.

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In mid-April, the HEAD of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, Alexander Kozlov, said that the most tense situation regarding forest fires is expected in eight regions of the country. According to him, the Trans-Baikal Territory, Buryatia, Amur Region, Primorye, Novosibirsk, Tyumen, Omsk, Kurgan Regions were in the risk zone for April.

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