In Russia, burned 300,000 hectares of forest

23.05.2011 12:20
The total area of ??wildland fires in Russia since the beginning of fire season is almost two times higher than that recorded in May 2010. Such data are published in the website reported MOE.

The report noted that since the 2011 wildfires affected 296 000 hectares, while the same period last year was 150 thousand hectares. The number of recorded since the beginning of the season fires compared with the year 2010 remained at about the same level.

It also reported that as of May 23 fire covered more than 100 thousand hectares of the country, and remain nepotushennymi 169 fires. The most serious situation with a fire develops in Yakutia, which accounts for more than 90 percent of the total area of ??the fires. "Vesti" reported that in 10 districts of the republic was declared a special fire-fighting mode, and residents are denied access to the forest. Violators of the ban are punishable by a fine of four thousand.

Apart from Yakutia, in the list of most affected by the fire regions are the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Amur Region, the Republic of Tuva, and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area. The main reasons that caused such a complicated situation in the MOE called the very warm weather and the inaccessibility of the burning areas.