During the day, in the far East fires have destroyed another 17.5 thousand hectares of taiga. The most difficult situation in Yakutia. 2.5 times increase in the number of fires in Transbaikalia, where the declared state of emergency. The difficult situation in Siberia.

The rapid spread of forest fires in Siberia is associated with the abnormal heat. Month temperature is kept at 30-degree mark. Emergency mode is entered in 5 regions. Forest fire in Tuva, Krasnoyarsk region, Buryatia, TRANS-Baikal, but the most difficult situation in the Irkutsk region. Yesterday in Irkutsk firefighters arrived from Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Omsk region.

Extinguish fires 6 thousand people. Settlements the fire has not yet threatened. The forest is burning in remote and rugged terrain. Amphibious aircraft be-200 dropping on the burning forests of tons of water, and helicopters quickly relocating teams on the ground firefighters. People have to work in difficult conditions: smoke, 30-degree heat, the wind. Help in the fight in the fire and have a military. The spread of fire is to be contained, but to reverse the situation can only heavy rains. Their weather forecasters in the coming days is not promising.
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