The head of Yakutia called the situation with forest fires extremely tense

MOSCOW, Aug 10. The situation with forest fires in Yakutia remains extremely tense and will remain so for a long time in the absence of precipitation, said the head of the republic Aisen Nikolaev. this will not stop, and as soon as the wind changes in the other direction, they can begin to burn already to the west, east, south, north, «- said Nikolaev on the air of the Antonyms program with Anton Krasovsky on YouTube. The head of the Ministry of Natural Resources called the situation with forest fires in Russia tense The head of the republic stressed that the authorities now face the most important task — to protect settlements from fire. According to him, this summer was the driest and hottest in the entire history of Yakutia, the temperature record was broken practically throughout the entire territory of the republic. «We had 2 millimeters of precipitation in central Yakutia in June. The norm is 37 millimeters. That is, 18 times less than the norm,» he said. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday instructed the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Yevgeny Zinichev to increase the group to extinguish fires in Yakutia , and the regional leadership — to prepare proposals for increasing support to victims of emergencies. Zinichev ordered to send two Be-200ES multipurpose amphibious aircraft, an Il-76 aircraft of the ministry and 200 rescuers to Yakutia. In Yakutia, a regional emergency regime has been introduced In Yakutia, a regional emergency regime is in force in connection with the transition of forest fires in the territory of settlements and economic facilities. -0-