Zam. the head of the centre "Antistikhia" EMERCOM Sergey Abanin said that provoked the spread of forest fires in Siberia and the far East. Abanin noticed that forest fires should be put out, As even after the fact, How the forest will stop burning, the decay can go into peatlands, to remain there during the winter and cause the next fires over the coming year. however, the Geprokuraturoy, Investigative Committee and interior Ministry will check the version of a deliberate arson " As a way of concealment of illegal logging ". The order about it was signed by Prime Minister Medvedev D. A. during a visit in Transbaikalia. in addition, the Prime Minister ordered the Ministry of emergency situations, Ministry of defense and the Ministry of environment to strengthen the buildup of personnel and equipment involved in the fighting in Krasnoyarsk region, Irkutsk region and Yakutia. About a week ago, Siberia and other regions of Russia was enveloped in a haze with the smell of burning. The East wind spread the smoke to the site of Khakassia, Altai territory, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Omsk and Tomsk oblasts and from the Evenk district of Krasnoyarsk region. State of emergency introduced throughout the territory of the Irkutsk region and Krasnoyarsk region, 2 districts of Buryatia and five districts of Yakutia. Currently, the area of forest fires exceeds 2, 9 million hectares, more than 800 settlements are in the area of the smoke. in extinguishing take part about 2, 8 thousand people, 390 pieces of various mechanisms and 28 aircraft. Circumstances air monitor 34 side. the Ministry of defence on the instructions of Vladimir Putin has written to the aviation group of ten Il-76 aircraft and ten Mi-8 helicopters to assist in extinguishing fires in the Krasnoyarsk region. As before said the Head of the Ministry of natural resources Dmitry Kobylkin, the cause of the fire could be dry thunderstorms. We considered various versions and among them of arson. Medvedev D. A. ordered the governors to take the circumstances of the fires under his personal supervision." Not to say some General words or a finger up to show, and in person seized of the matter " - tried to convince Medvedev. The head of Krasnoyarsk region Alexander USS, for their part, told reporters that the situation with forest fires would drastically change in a few days. <span style="color:darkgray