Today in the Republic of Karelia there are 30 foci of natural fires on an area of active combustion of 54 hectares. In the five-kilometer zone, two wildfires continue to operate in Suoyarvsky and Segezha districts. Firefighters carry out work around the clock to extinguish fires and protect settlements in conditions of smoke and high temperatures. The governing bodies and forces of the Suoyarvi district level of the territorial subsystem of the Unified State System of Prevention and Elimination of Emergency Situations operate in the "Emergency" mode.
A group of 419 people and 69 pieces of equipment, including three aircraft and two fire trains, were involved in extinguishing the fire.