As the fight against forest fires continues in Russia, 39 fires were brought under control in a single day, the Federal Aviation Forest Protection Agency (Avialesookhrana) announced. The agency said fires in nine regions were extinguished during operations on August 1.
The extinguished fires affected a total of 2,317 hectares. These fires occurred in the regions of Karelia, Komi Republic, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Leningrad, Moscow, Orenburg, Tomsk, as well as the Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets autonomous okrugs.
A total of 3,962 personnel, 131 pieces of equipment, and 41 aircraft were involved in the firefighting operations. The agency also stated that 212 forest fires are currently being battled in 13 regions nationwide.