The area of ​​forest fires in Siberia increased by half – BBC Russian

• 14 April 2015

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Since the beginning of the fire season in 2015 in Siberia was registered 693 forest fires

The total area of ​​forest fires in Siberia on Tuesday increased by almost half, to 14 thousand hectares, the press service of the Forestry Department of the Siberian Federal District. Fires in Eastern Russia has already spread to China.

According to the department, the fire blazing in the Trans-Baikal Territory, the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Buryatia, Tuva, and the Irkutsk region in the Altai Republic.

Emergency mode remains in effect throughout the Trans-Baikal Territory and Khakassia in four regions of Buryatia and in one area of ​​the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

A special fire mode is also introduced throughout the Primorsky Territory, where since the beginning of the year registered 19 forest fires.

By the fire-fighting aircraft involved. The Forest Service has sent 30 firefighters federal air Avialesookhrana to fight forest fires in the Amur region and group of firefighters in Transbaikalia strengthened Be-200 aircraft.

The main cause of fire experts believe careless handling of fire and fell grass.

The most severely affected by the fire, the region became a republic of Khakassia, where over the past two days burned over a thousand homes. April 14 announced a day of mourning in the region to 23 killed by fires.

On Tuesday it became known that the authorities Trans-Baikal Territory intend to prepare an application for funds from the reserve fund of the Russian government. The size of the requested amount is not specified.

The head of Khakassia Viktor Zimin said that the restoration of property to victims will require at least 5 billion rubles (about $ 100 million).

The main cause fires experts believe careless handling of fire

From Russia to China

According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, the fire spread to the Siberian fires border areas of China and surging in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia.

To extinguish the fire from the Chinese side brought more than 660 firefighters. Data on victims and survivors has not received yet.

On the eve of Russia’s Investigative Committee filed five criminal cases related loss of life and massive destruction of homes as a result of fires in Khakassia.

Inspectors State Fire Supervision Ministry of Emergency Situations Russia began to test the readiness of settlements of the Far East to the fire risk period has already identified more than 500 violations.

According to the newspaper “Izvestia”, the head of the counting commission of the State Duma Alexander Ageev sent deputy’s request, stating that, according to Federal Forestry Agency, the management of Khakassia not taken the necessary fire prevention.

The deputy asked the head of the region Viktor Zimin report on fire activities and spent funds for this.