A difficult forest fire situation remains in Irkutsk Region, especially in the Kachug and Bratsk districts, where fires are being fought by aircraft from the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Avialesookhrana and the Defense Ministry. In one day rescuers extinguished 13 fires over 2889.7 hectares, and drones are used to monitor the situation in the Kachug and Slyudyansky districts. An extreme fire danger class remains in effect in 17 districts of the region.
The most difficult situation is in the Kachugsky and Bratsky districts. There, aircraft from the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Avialesookhrana, and the Ministry of Defense are working to extinguish the fire.- To extinguish the fires in the Kachugsky district, the Be-200ChS aircraft of the Russian Emergencies Ministry dropped 36 tons of water, and the IL-76 dropped 42 tons, - the press service of the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Irkutsk Region reported. - Another IL-76 from the Ministry of Defense is working on forest fires in the Bratsky district. In addition, drones are being used to monitor the forest fire situation in the Kachugsky and Slyudyansky districts.
Over the past day, rescuers extinguished 13 fires over an area of 2,889.7 hectares. In 17 districts, the extreme fire danger class is still in effect, in the territory of 3 districts - the high class, and in the rest - the medium class.