Russia extinguished 18 forest fires over the past 24 hours. The fires affected an area of 103,235 hectares.
As of midnight, 41 forest fires were still burning across 3,145 hectares in the country. Efforts to contain them continued.
The areas where firefighting operations were completed included Yakutia, Crimea, the Komi Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tyumen, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk and Tomsk regions, as well as the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
A special fire-prevention regime is in effect in 44 regions of Russia.