Two forest fires were extinguished in 24 hours with a survey plane on the Olekminsky ulus, said the chairman of the operational headquarters for the protection of forests against fires, the first vice-president of the government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Dmitry Sadovnikov, the Press Service of the head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the government report of June 8 Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
According to Dmitri Sadovnikov, in the near future survey planes will carry out forest fire extinguishing tasks in the central Uluses group and along the rivers.
Airborne firefighting teams arrive in Yakutia from different regions of the country. Explosive firefighters arrived from the Primorsky Territory and will be sent to the Olekminsky ulus to eliminate the emergency situation that arose there due to the hot and dry weather.
Today there are 28 forest fires in Yakutia. Spatial monitoring registers 63 thermal points in the region. The most dangerous situation is developing in the Uluses of southern Yakutia.
Recall that 2021 has become the most catastrophic year in terms of fires for Russian forests since 2001. In Yakutia alone, the total area of forest fires amounted to about 8.5 million hectares or 85 thousand square kilometers. This is the largest loss due to forest fires in Russia in recent decades. According to Green Peace estimates, the fires destroyed record amounts of forests in Yakutia. In addition, forest fires significantly increase permafrost degradation.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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