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Afanasiev reportedthat in six districts of the republic an extremely high, fifth class of fire hazard is established – in Gorny, Namsky, Ust-Aldansky, Churapchinsky, Tattinsky, Tomponsky districts.
At the same time, President Vladimir Putin noted that there were no threats to residential properties in Yakutia, where fires were raging, and ordered to keep the situation under constant control.
“At the moment there are no threats to residential and socially significant objects in Yakutia, but 13 foci of forest fires are located in a five-kilometer zone from settlements, so I ask you to keep the situation under constant control and report on how it is developing,” Putin said at a meeting on the elimination of the consequences flooding and wildfires in the Russian Federation, its quotes RAI “News”.
Previously became knownthat the plenipotentiary of the president in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev, the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the head of Yakutia Aisen Nikolaev flew to the Namsky region, which is now experiencing the least favorable situation with forest fires. Trutnev also asked Roscosmos for data on the area of fire in the Namsky region.
172 wildfires were registered in Yakutia. During the day, 17 fires were eliminated on a total area of over 57 thousand hectares, informs Interfax with reference to the press service of the main department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). 4.8 thousand people and 766 pieces of equipment are involved in the fight against fire. An interregional emergency regime has been introduced.
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