There are currently four forest fires scorching 73 hectares in Russia
MOSCOW, April 6. /TASS/. Seventeen forest fires engulfing 1,027 hectares were extinguished in Russia in the past day, the Aerial Forest Protection Service said in a statement on Thursday. According to regional forestry departments, 17 wildfires engulfing 1,027 hectares were put out in Russia on April 7, the statement reads.
There are currently four forest fires scorching 73 hectares in Russia. Two of the wildfires are raging in the Altai region, and the other two in the Khabarovsk and Primorsky regions.
Firefighting activities involve 228 personnel and 36 pieces of equipment, including two eight aircraft. Another two aircraft are monitoring the fire situation.
Endangered Wildlife Killed in Russian Nature Park Fire – Activists Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 Regional authorities said the Khasansky nature park fire spread across more than 4,000 hectares. Alexander Ryumin / TASS
Man-made fires have burned down forests and killed endangered animals at a protected Russian nature park on the border with China and North Korea, Russian activists say.
Animals including Far Eastern forest cats as well as several endangered species either burned alive or died by asphyxiation while endangered plants such as relict oaks burned to the ground at the Khasansky nature park in the Primorye region of Russia’s Far East, environmentalist Olga Dymnikova said Saturday.