Residents of the Trans-Baikal Territory told about wildfires in the region

A natural fire has approached the village of Usugli in the Trans-Baikal Territory, efforts are being made to prevent the further advance of the fire. On April 24, local residents told Izvestia about the situation in the region.

"I've never seen such a big, long fire in my life. At a distance of 200 km, almost everything is burned out. You drive, and you can see that the firebrands are either smoking or burning. There are trunks that burned down to the very top, whole glades burned out," said Alexander Tulkevich, a resident of the village of Usugli.

According to residents of Transbaikalia on social media, peat is burning in the region. It is almost impossible to extinguish it.

Fiery response: the number of forest fires has increased tenfold in Russia

A state of emergency has been introduced in three regions.

On April 23, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation reported that a federal emergency regime in forests had been introduced in the Trans-Baikal Territory. It was clarified that another 100 employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations from the regions of Russia will arrive in Transbaikalia to eliminate forest fires.