The regional government reported that three large forest fires were being extinguished in the vicinity of Yakutsk. The smoke from them
Yakut fires account for 84% of all fires,which are currently operating in Russia. As of July 17, the total area of all active fires, according to the ISDM-Rosleskhoz space monitoring system, is 1.61 million hectares. According to Avialesokhrana, the area of fires is 430 thousand hectares.
Greenpeace notes that mostfires that cause smoke pollution are burning in zones of control, and when they first started, local authorities decided not to extinguish them. Now the area of only four fires in the Verkhoyansk ulus, according to space images, exceeds the area of all fires in Russia, which are included in official reports.
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At the same time, 37 forest fires are extinguished in the republic.fires on a total area of 468.20 hectares. Avialesokhrana added that in the control zone, on the hard-to-reach and remote lands of the forest fund, where fire extinguishing was suspended by the decision of the Emergency Situations Commission, 94 thermal points were recorded on an area of more than 233 thousand hectares.
Now in the region there is a special fire-prevention regime, rescuers are trying to protect local residents from danger. In Yakutsk, IV class of fire hazard was established and a special regime was introduced.
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