A new forest fire was discovered near Chita

A new forest fire is breaking out near Chita in the Dobrotny microdistrict of the Smolenka rural settlement. The fire was recorded at the end of Politechnicheskaya Street in the forest.

Information about this was provided by Smolenka volunteers. In the chat, volunteers coordinate geolocation. They are calling for help, to join them for extinguishing and to help with water. The fire on the grass may spread towards the village of Zabaikalets, writes the ChitaMedia news agency.

The press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the region noted that four firefighters and one piece of equipment were sent to the site.

Earlier, on May 12, it was reported that 10 people were rescued from Zabaikalets and the Malinovka dacha cooperative, which were threatened by fires in the Trans-Baikal Territory. 22 rural cooperatives, nine settlements and four economic facilities, including two children's camps, are protected from fire.

On May 11, Roscosmos published a satellite image of fires in Transbaikalia. The image shows areas of active gorenje, as well as extensive burning areas near Chita. In addition, smoke plumes and cloud formations caused by fires are clearly visible in the image.

On the same day, the head of the third fire and rescue squad of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Trans-Baikal Territory, Yuri Malyukov, told Izvestia that a forest fire with an area of 1 thousand hectares was operating near the Smolenskoye rural settlement in the Chita region of the Trans-Baikal Territory.