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NUR-SULTAN, Sep 3 The area of forest fires in the Kostanay region in northern Kazakhstan has reached 9,400 hectares , an emergency fire danger remains in the region, said Aibol Akbarov, head of the crisis management center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic. According to preliminary information, the area of the fire has exceeded 3,000 hectares. the total area was 9,400 hectares,» Akbarov told reporters on Saturday. He explained that due to the current threat to the settlements of Ozernoye, Kalinino, Lesnoye and Amankaragai, 1,841 people were evacuated. 350 people, 51 pieces of equipment, three air ships, four fire trains. There is an emergency fire danger in the region, the head of the control center emphasized.