665 fires have been extinguished in Transbaikalia since the beginning of the season.

In Transbaikalia, 665 forest fires have been extinguished since the beginning of the season, the fire has covered 2.6 million hectares, and currently all fires have been eliminated. This was announced on July 9 by the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Trans-Baikal Territory.

"Since the beginning of the fire season in the Trans-Baikal Territory, the forest fire Service has eliminated 665 forest fires on an area of 2.6 million hectares. Employees of the Zabaikalleskhoz KGSAU, the Chita Airbase, and the State State Institution of Forestry of the Trans—Baikal Territory worked on extinguishing," the Telegram channel says.

It is specified that civil servants, volunteers and volunteers provided active assistance in extinguishing the fire. In addition, at the request of the Governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory, Alexander Osipov, specialists from the Federal State Budgetary Institution Avialesookhrana and its regional divisions participated in the elimination of fires. The Cyclone sounding aircraft was actively used in extinguishing the fire.

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The People's Front announced that civil servants were being forced to fight fire, but the volunteer units did not confirm the information.

On June 3, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that since the beginning of summer, the area of forest fires in the Trans-Baikal Territory has decreased 55 times to 18 thousand hectares. On July 2, 16 fires were eliminated in Transbaikalia, the total area of which was 250 thousand hectares. At that time, 341 specialists and 50 pieces of equipment were working at the fire sites.