In Yakutia, the state of emergency introduced due to forest fires has been canceled

The head of Yakutia Aisen Nikolaev lifted the state of emergency of a regional nature on Tuesday. He announced this at the beginning of the solemn ceremony of presenting awards to citizens who have made a significant contribution to the fight against forest fires in the region. . And so today, by my decree, I have already lifted the emergency situation on forest fires on the territory of our republic, ”said Aisen Nikolaev.

for hot weather, was introduced on 23 June. As the press service of the regional government added, this decision was made in connection with the localization of large forest fires in the actively protected zone of the forest fund and the abolition of the emergency situation in the municipal forests of the Vilyui, Central, Zarechnaya groups of districts.

As before According to the press service of the Federal Aviation Forest Protection, there are 17 fires in Yakutia on an area of 163,170 hectares. As of Tuesday morning, a total of 16 natural fires on a total area of 22,396 hectares were eliminated in the region during the day. 500 people and 85 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing.

Yakutia is one of the most fire-prone regions of Russia. According to the authorities, the area of all natural fires in Yakutia, registered since the beginning of the fire season, is almost 8.5 million hectares.