In Yakutia, 34 fires were liquidated per day

In the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) there are 135 natural fires, 34 fires were liquidated per day on a total area of ​​over 352 thousand hectares. The active combustion area is 1 897.3 hectares. More than 1,800 people and 260 pieces of equipment were involved in the liquidation. 2 wildfires which are situated 2.8 km from the settlement of Udarnik (the Tompon district) and 2 km from the settlement of Khara-Tumul (Oymyakonsky district) are on the control of the Main Office. There is no direct threat of fire going to populated areas. Aviation EMERCOM of Russia was involved in the Nyurba, Verkhnevilyuisky and Khangalassky districts, 46 discharges were made and 246 tons of water were dumped, as well as 40 forest protection workers were transferred. Specialists carry out continuous air monitoring. The Office of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Yakutsk Directorate of the Hydrometeorological Service continue laboratory monitoring of the content of chemicals in the atmospheric air of populated areas, 43 samples of atmospheric air have been worked out and examined.