Residents of Moscow stopped complaining about smog and fumes

Mosecomonitoring did not detect particles that pollute the air. Residents of Moscow stopped complaining about the smog and fumes that appeared due to fires in the Ryazan region, according to the Telegram channel “Urban economy of Moscow”.

“According to the GPBU Mosekomonitoring, as of 15:00, the concentrations of suspended particles do not exceed the permissible values ​​and are fixed at a low level, there were no reports from residents about smog and the smell of burning in the capital,” the message says.

On August 17 and 18, residents of many districts of Moscow complained about the smell of burning, ash and smog. Rosleskhoz said that the reason for this is forest fires in the Ryazan region, whose authorities “hid actual fire areas.

After complaints from Muscovites, Rospotrebnadzor recommended wearing masks, limiting sports and drinking more water. Also service strengthened checking the air in Moscow and did not find “exceeding the hygienic standards of pollutants in the atmospheric air.”

Also, the appeals of Muscovites influenced the extinguishing of fires in the regions – the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, instructed to localize fires in the Ryazan and Vladimir regions, the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Alexander Kurenkov, on August 18 flew out to the Ryazan region to personally supervise the extinguishing of fires. Helicopters dropped more than 2.7 thousand water on fires in the Ryazan region. EMERCOM of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case in the Ryazan region.

Today, on August 19, forests are burning in Russia in the Ryazan region (26 hectares), the Republic of Mari El (500 hectares), the Nizhny Novgorod region (3.8 thousand hectares), the Vladimir region. The total area of ​​fires in the Russian Federation is almost 5 million hectares, said Alexander Chupriyan, First Deputy Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation. In 2021, the burning area was 10 million hectares. Mr. Chupriyan said that the causes of fires are high air temperatures, lack of precipitation, and, first of all, the human factor.

Polina Sobakina