Rescuers patrol Moscow rivers and water bodies in reinforced mode

In Moscow rivers and reservoirs in a reinforced mode patrol rescuers. This was reported on Friday, February 14, by Deputy Mayor of the capital on housing and public utilities and improvement Petr Biryukov.

According to him, employees of the search and rescue service on water objects constantly monitor the situation in the areas of rivers and reservoirs. The official explained that the ice in reservoirs due to the temperature drop has become fragile and loose, and cases of people going out on it are recorded despite all the warnings, reports the agency of city news "Moscow".

Biryukov specified that eight people were rescued on the reservoirs in January. He urged citizens to be careful, not to go out on the ice, carefully watch children and pets during walks near the water.

Ice thickness on the Moskva River near Karamyshevskaya embankment and in Serebryany Bor is 3-7 cm, in floodplains and bays - 4-17 cm, in other places the river is free of ice. Thus, on the Khimki reservoir - about 19 cm, on inland reservoirs - 10-24 cm, on ponds in TinaO - up to 15 cm, notes "Moscow 24".

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February 13, Secretary of the Presidium of the Federation of Fishing Sports of Russia Igor Chinyakov in a conversation with NSN warned that a special monitoring service should control the thickness of ice in mass places of amateur fishing, fishermen can be fined at official bans on going to a particular water body.

On February 7, Komleskhoz of the Moscow region warned of the danger of going out on thin ice. Residents of the region were warned that as a result of abnormally warm winter, the thickness of ice on water bodies is currently insufficient for winter fun, writes 360.ru.