18.06.2020, 10:44
Over 15 000 Hectares Engulfed by Wildfires Across Russia
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS. Wildfires are raging on an area of more than 15,100 hectares across Russia, with the worst situation between in the Far East, as it reported by Federal Aerial Forest Protection Service on June 18.
«As of midnight on June 18, 2020 there were 41 wildfires on the area of 15,185 hectares in Russia's territory where an active firefighting effort was underway,» the service said. It is noted that in 2019 (for the same period) 7 045 wildfires on an area of about 830 000 hectares were reported.
Fires have engulfed some 2 200 hectares in Chukotka, more than 9 100 hectares in Kamchatka and more than 3 700 hectares in the Magadan Region. Wildfire are also reported from the Republics of Buryatia, Khakassia, and Karelia, from the Pskov region, the Krasnoyarsk and TransBaikal Territories, and a number of other regions.
There are 940 personnel and 211 pieces of equipment involved in the firefighting. Sixty-five aircraft are monitoring the situation and fourteen more planes are battling the fires. Over the past day, firefighters extinguished 51 wildfires on an area of 517 hectares.
Some 46 regions in Russia are on alert over the challenging situation with wildfires and a state of emergency was introduced in one district in the Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.
«As of midnight on June 18, 2020 there were 41 wildfires on the area of 15,185 hectares in Russia's territory where an active firefighting effort was underway,» the service said. It is noted that in 2019 (for the same period) 7 045 wildfires on an area of about 830 000 hectares were reported.
Fires have engulfed some 2 200 hectares in Chukotka, more than 9 100 hectares in Kamchatka and more than 3 700 hectares in the Magadan Region. Wildfire are also reported from the Republics of Buryatia, Khakassia, and Karelia, from the Pskov region, the Krasnoyarsk and TransBaikal Territories, and a number of other regions.
There are 940 personnel and 211 pieces of equipment involved in the firefighting. Sixty-five aircraft are monitoring the situation and fourteen more planes are battling the fires. Over the past day, firefighters extinguished 51 wildfires on an area of 517 hectares.
Some 46 regions in Russia are on alert over the challenging situation with wildfires and a state of emergency was introduced in one district in the Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.
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