Wildfire area in Russia’s Siberia exceeds 290 hectares
KRASNOYARSK. September 21. KAZINFORM The wildfire area in Russia's Siberian regions has reached 290.2 hectares in the past twenty-four hours, the spokeswoman for the Siberian regional emergencies centre told Itar-Tass on Wednesday; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
According to Olesya Yenina, nineteen wild fires were registered in Siberia by Wednesday morning, of which nine on an area of 124 hectares were contained. "There are no threats to populated localities," she said. "Forest and steppe fires were registered in the Tomsk and Irkutsk regions, in the Krasnoyarsk and Trans-Baikal territories, and in the republics of Altai, Khakassia, and Tuva."
Most of the fires were caused by local residents who burn dry grass. Moreover, the warm and dry weather that has set in in Siberia also facilitates the spread of fires; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass.
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