The Russian Defense Ministry has sent a consolidated engineering company and special equipment to help extinguish forest fires in Yakutia. The corresponding instruction was given by the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, RIA Novosti reports.
Thus, 109 servicemen, as well as 16 pieces of equipment, were additionally sent to the region from the Eastern Military District.
On the eve of the total area of forest fires in Russia increased by 90 thousand hectares, the largest area of fires is now observed in Yakutia & mdash; 669 thousand hectares and in the Irkutsk region & mdash; 107 thousand hectares.
The head of Yakutia, Aisen Nikolaev, called global climate change the main cause of large-scale forest fires in the republic, according to him, every year the summer in the republic becomes hotter and drier.
It is worth noting that over the past day, up to 40 forest fires were eliminated on the territory of the country, while 222 natural fires continue to operate on an area of 1,071,845 hectares.
Forest fires in Yakutia
A firefighter during extinguishing forest fires in Yakutia © Reuters
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Forest fires in Yakutia
A firefighter during the extinguishing of forest fires in Yakutia © Reuters
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Firefighters during extinguishing forest fires in Yakutia © Reuters
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The Be-200ChS aircraft of the EMERCOM of Russia during the extinguishing of forest fires in Yakutia © www.mchs.gov.ru/Main Directorate for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Firefighters during extinguishing forest fires in Yakutia © Reuters
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