Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev held in Krasnoyarsk meeting on struggle against forest fires. The head of government assessed the scale of the emergency, gave a few orders, and also promised to provide affected areas with support. Key statements in the material of the Fins news . according to the final data, the area of fires exceeds 2, 8 million hectares. In extinguishing take part 2720 people, 390 pieces of various mechanisms and 28 aircraft. According to the Prime Minister, the number of settlements is observed smog and smoke. "The main task - to repeat it once again - to prevent fire distribution on settlements," - said Medvedev. State of emergency operates in 4 constituent entities: the Irkutsk region, Krasnoyarsk region, 2 districts of Buryatia and one district of the Sakha Republic. The Head of government noted that a state of emergency in itself does not solve anything. "A state of emergency here in Krasnoyarsk, as far as I am aware, has been In the practice of the month in different parts of this Mode is entered. But, of course, is itself a Mode not solve any problems, it's just General legal shell ", - said Medvedev. according to his statement, there are a number of issues which prevent effective battle with the fires. Among them is the issue of distance, remote locations, weather conditions. However, fires in Russia - a frequent phenomenon, said the Head of government. for example, the Prime Minister made the initiative to revise existing regulations concerning " surveillance zones in case of fire ". According to his statement, it ought to have these documents spread not only in those places where the raging flames, and the zone smoke. along with this, Medvedev has made the initiative to consult with countries where there is a similar situation with forest fires, for example, in the European Union and in Alaska. He added that foreign partners have their own scientific approaches. "Guide meeting. I think in this situation it's not harmful, " he added. in addition, the Head of the government ordered to keep under control questions on the maximum permissible concentration of harmful substances in the air in the vicinity of fires and monitor the health of residents. Medvedev also promised to allocate funds from the reserve Fund of the government to extinguish. The Prime Minister asked his Deputy Konstantin Chuichenko by Thursday morning to summarize the recommendations based on the results of the meeting and submit for signing. "What we currently discussed, what I said, that he and his colleagues have named, I ask you, Konstantin A., as head of the unit in a very short time to formulate, and with the dawn in Chita to submit to me for signature," - said Medvedev at a meeting in Krasnoyarsk in connection with the fires. <span style="color:darkgray