In forest fires killed 40 people, 62 hospitalized victims. In the seven regions of the state of emergency. Working on-site volunteers and firefighters say that a strong wind the fire could flare up in the woods with a bang. In the seven regions of Russia - in the Republic of Mari El, Mordovia, Vladimir, Voronezh, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and Ryazan regions - due to forest fire emergency is declared.
As of Monday evening, the number of victims of natural wildfires in Russia rose to 40 people, according to Health Ministry.
Total medical care at the 323 victims turned from forest fires, 62 people were hospitalized, the hospital stay of 48 people.
According to President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree temporarily restricted access of citizens to a number of territories and stopped hozdeyatelnost. For emergency response forces involved in the Ministry of Defense. MOE requested to determine how much force is necessary to eliminate and prevent fires, the Interior Ministry - to provide security regime in the territories of emergency. The fact that in many forests, eyewitnesses, there are looters, they rob the remaining unattended in areas of car fires, and camp sites empty. The decree also encouraged to bring firefighting community organizations and volunteers.
Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said that under the Ministry of Emergency Situations in extinguishing fire involving 129,161 people, 19,343 items of equipment, through the Ministry of Defense - 2168 people and 157 pieces of equipment, through the Ministry of Interior to fight fires attracted 2768 people and 6450 units .
In the MOE of Nizhny Novgorod region reported that the threat to the population in the area removed: on Monday, the fire did not spread to the villages. However, the villagers were evacuated Semilovka, Firyusiha, Wire, Lower Vereya. But the evidence that the fire reached them, there were no. According to the MOE, in the Volga Federal District, August 2 continued to burn 157 seats in the total area of 60.3 thousand. hectare. Of these, 124 are located in the hearth area of 24.4 thousand. hectare. Remain localized 18 large fires: 15 in Nizhny Novgorod region and three in the Mari-El.
Nizhny Novgorod is strongly zadymlen. On Monday morning, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air, according to the Upper Volga Interregional Territorial Administration of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, exceeded the permissible level in 4-fold and reached 20.4 mg / cu. m. Above the town was formed inversion layer, which prevents the Scattering of smoke in the atmospheric surface layer.
Told reporters presidential envoy in the Volga Federal District (PFD) Grigory Rapota, the authorities ...
... In the language of the insurers that sounds like a ... Rapota also noted that there is still the main cause of forest fires is the ... According to him, law enforcement authorities - prosecutors and investigative committee - currently allow assessment of the actions departments in high fire risk. Until his resignation in connection with fires brought the head of local government Vyksa district of Nizhny Novgorod Region Alexei Sokolov. The question of his dismissal would be considered at a meeting of the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Region on Tuesday.
In Voronezh, in contrast to last week, despite the heat and lack of wind, the smell of burning is not felt, but the margin of the evening is still delaying smog from the smoldering woods surrounding. Forest patrol mostly student volunteers from the university in Voronezh, as well as group straykbolistov who conducted the earlier training in woods. Squads of volunteers digging a furrow around the fires to prevent the spread of grass-roots fire. ... Ru » one of the fighters fire brigade, the fire in the area tushivshego Tanning cordon.
Most of the volunteers and firefighters are of the opinion that if the wind starts, the fire resumed with new vigor.
On Monday morning, the Governor of the Voronezh region Alexei Gordeev held a meeting at which examined the operational situation in the region associated with forest fires, and the priority measures to assist affected residents. According to the deputy chairman of the regional government of Alexander Gusev, the situation is under control, is currently riding the threat of fires and fire attack on the settlements is not. Fire areas are located in Voronezh, Verhnemamonskogo, Liski, and Ramon Tarnovo areas. According to Gusev, the forces and means to fight with the elements of enough: to extinguish forest fires brought about 4.5 thousand people, 436 pieces of equipment. The meeting was substantively discussed measures to support victims of the fire element area residents. It was noted that the lists of victims of the fire has already made. According to some reports, the fire damaged 359 houses, 237 of them completely destroyed. Homeless were 249 families or 519 people.
Smoke from Russian fires came to Kiev.
On Sunday evening Kiev prolong pall of smoke, the city is almost not visible, and the left bank, and disappeared altogether. The air was distinctly felt a burning smell. ... Who puts out the MOE, but the smoke is not enough even Kozelets area covered, is not something that Kiev and Chernihiv region. The smoke comes from Russia, there are burning Tula, Ryazan, Moscow region. The same situation is now in the Bryansk region in Belarus - the shroud of smoke, but they also did not burn. Even on Sunday, the smoke covered the area adjacent to Russia, particularly in the area Semenovsky. People called and complained about the smoke. Now the only hope to replace the wind. Just a couple of days, take it to the cloud went away from us ...
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