The Ryazan governor explained the increase in the area of fires by "scheduled annealing"
Firefighters in the Ryazan region "have made serious progress in extinguishing fires," said Acting Governor Pavel Malkov. According to him, the area of forest fires is growing "due to planned annealing." Over the weekend, it exceeded 20 thousand hectares, RIA Novosti was told in emergency services.
Mr. Malkov said that "the fire on the northern edge of the main fire has been practically eliminated." “The southern and western edges are almost not active anymore. Work continues on the eastern edge, a planned annealing is underway to prevent the spread of fire. The increase in the area traversed by fire occurs due to planned annealing, ”he wrote in Telegram.
The governor confirmed that in the region they began to reduce the grouping of personnel and equipment, including aviation involved in extinguishing fires. He assures that the situation has returned to normal, and there are no threats to settlements. “Therefore, a decision was made to recommend that residents return from temporary accommodation centers to their homes,” Pavel Malkov announced.
Forest fires began in the Ryazan region in August. After the smoke from the fires reached Moscow, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin directed about 9 thousand firefighters to the region, as well as personally visited area along with several high-ranking officials. Mr. Malkov spokethat the fires were caused by natural causes. Yesterday, August 28, was announcedthat the spread of forest fires in the Ryazan region has been stopped.
Read about the development of the situation in the publication "Kommersant" "Fires took in the ring of defense".
