The second class of fire danger was declared in the Moscow region on May 15.

The second fire hazard class was established in most of the Moscow Region on May 15. This was reported in the press service of the forestry Committee of the region on Tuesday, May 13.

"On May 15, the second class of fire danger is expected in most of the Moscow region, in Borodinsky, Volokolamsk, Dmitrovsky, Zvenigorodsky, Istra, Klin, Moscow Educational and Experimental, Sergiev Posad and Taldomsky forestry districts - the first class of fire danger," the Moscow city News agency quotes the message.

At the same time, the third class of fire danger has been established in the Podolsk forestry and the Russian Forest forestry. 360.ru .

Residents were asked to comply with fire safety regulations and, if fires are detected, immediately call the forest Protection hotline at 8-800-100-94-00 or 112.

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A state of emergency has been introduced in three regions.

On May 8, Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, announced that in the coming days, an emergency fifth class of fire danger is expected in the territories of the Central, Southern, Siberian, Far Eastern and Volga Federal Districts of the Russian Federation.

On May 5, a high fire danger class was declared in the central, eastern and western regions of Crimea, RT reports.