The Ryazan governor said that in the region one fire remains

In the Ryazan region, due to the wind, it is not possible to localize and eliminate one forest fire, Acting Governor Pavel Malkov said. In general, the fire was localized, the government of the Russian Federation reported.

Mr. Malkov explained that for the last two days in the region “a steady strong wind has been holding” up to 15–17 m/s. “There is still one source of fire … It has not yet been possible to completely localize and eliminate this source,” he said in a video message to Telegram. The governor assured that the settlements are safe.

The government of the Russian Federation said that work is now underway to pour out the fires and counter anneal. “The area covered by fire along the perimeter is surrounded by mineralized strips with a total length of 300 km,” the source said. press service government.

Over the past day, the area of ​​forest fires in the Ryazan region has grown to almost 25 thousand hectares. August 28 was announcedthat the spread of forest fires was stopped, but a day later the area covered by the fire increased again. Acting Regional Governor arguedthat this happens “due to planned annealing”.

On the development of the situation – in the publication “Kommersant” “Fires took in the ring of defense”.

Laura Keffer