BLAGOVESCHENSK, July 12 Natural fires in the Amur region are being extinguished by more than 650 people, including the entire personnel of the Amur airbase, reports the Amur Center for Civil Protection and Fire Safety .
“More than 650 people from the region’s forest fire team are working to extinguish wildfires. Paratroopers and paratroopers from all air departments of the Amur Air Base, almost 200 employees of Amur forestry enterprises, 25 rapid response teams of firefighters and rescuers of the Amur Civil Protection and Fire Protection Center, more than 200 volunteers and land tenants are fighting the fire.” , — the message says. 
Most people are concentrated in the Zeya and Mazanovsky districts. Specialists travel on all-terrain vehicles and snow and swamp-going vehicles; the situation is monitored from the air by aviation — three planes and two helicopters.
According to the center, over the past 24 hours, six natural fires were extinguished on an area of more than 11.5 thousand hectares in the Zeya, Tyndinsky, Shimanovsky and Blagoveshchensky districts. As of Friday morning, there are 70 natural fires in the region, 13 of which are localized, 26 are located in hard-to-reach areas in the control zone. There is no threat to populated areas.