"Ban balalaikas too!" The fight against fires in Transbaikalia began with a ban on alcohol.

Decree on temporary restrictions on the sale of alcohol have signed The regional government has issued a notice. Alcohol will not be available for purchase from May 26 to June 15 in the Karymsky, Khiloksky, Uletovsky, and Chita districts, as well as in the Chernyshevsky and Shilkinsky districts.

The restrictions are related to the declaration of a regional state of emergency due to severe wildfires. However, alcohol will still be available for purchase in restaurants, duty-free stores, and on ships and planes. 

At the end of last week, another way to fight fires was found in the Uletovsky district: they carried out godfather move. By According to According to Avialesookhrana, the area of ​​fires in Transbaikalia has exceeded 751 thousand hectares. 

Residents of the region embrace a new method of fighting fires reacted skeptical and proposed several of their own prohibitions.

"We need a ban on meat sales to stop people from barbecuing," "That's astonishing logic. Then we should also ban playing the balalaika until the state of emergency ends," "Let's quit smoking, what! That won't fix the situation," "Well, now the fires will definitely stop," "As soon as they banned alcohol, the smoke from the forest fires cleared." 

Photo: Uletovsky District Administration.