"Flames are consuming forests and approaching villages": The Trans-Baikal Territory lacks firefighters to extinguish the forests.
The Transbaikal village of Novaya Chara finds itself literally between two fires. Forest fires are approaching the village from opposite directions. сообщил head of the Kalarsky district of the Trans-Baikal Territory Vladimir Ustyuzhanin.
«Flames engulf forests in minutes and approach villages", Chita.ru comments on footage taken in the disaster area.
About the fire between villages New Chara и Chara The fire has been known since June 26. A federal state of emergency was declared in Transbaikal on June 3. Rescuers from other regions are being called in to help extinguish the fire.
According to the regional Ministry of Natural Resources, today arrived 20 people from the parachute-landing fire service from Khabarovsk Territory, in the next 3-4 days they are expecting help from Karelia и Perm Territory (50 people in total).
«When extinguishing hard-to-reach and remote forest fires, fires in rocky placers, on the slopes of hills and cliffs, mineralized strips have to be laid manually <> In such conditions, in one day, 4-5 paratroopers or paratroopers of the Air Forest Protection Service, using shovels, axes and hoes, lay a mineralized strip up to 1,5-2 km long"- they describe the situation at the Federal Aviation Forest Protection Service.
In total, over 1 firefighters and 74 pieces of ground equipment are currently involved in fighting the fires in Transbaikalia. But it appears they are insufficient.
«Residents of the village of Udokan, which is located 5 kilometers from Chara, were asked to help firefighters.- пишет Chita.ru, citing local residents. Local authorities sent messages that they urgently needed people and saws.».
According to the publication, the fire has spread to the crown and it is no longer possible to douse the ground.
By midnight on July 2, about 300 forest fires were recorded in Russia, covering an area of almost 464 thousand hectares, the “record holder” was Transbaikalia, where 85 fires are blazing in almost 200 thousand hectares.
The situation is aggravated by the heat; in the first days of July, temperatures are expected to reach +35 and above.
