The area of forest fires in the Altai region has increased 15-fold in the last 24 hours.
According to the regional Ministry of Nature, a forest fire covering an area of approximately 80 hectares started in Lebyazhinsky forestry in Yegoryevsky Area yesterday. And by this morning, its area had grown to 1,2 hectares.
199 fire service personnel, 59 firefighters, 2 trucks, 5 passenger vehicles, and 16 tractors are participating in the firefighting effort.
Due to forest fires in Altai Territory Regional authorities have already evacuated 184 patients from the Lebyazhensky Children's Psychoneurological Boarding School and the Lebyazhensky Adult Tuberculosis Hospital, the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations reports.
159 children were taken to the Rubtsovsk boarding school, 25 adult patients were taken to the tuberculosis dispensary. Rubtsovsk.
We clarify Altay not only is it burning, but it's also sinking. According to the Altai Center for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, the water level in the Ob is not far from Barnaul The river continues to rise—just one centimeter remains before the critical level (the critical mark is 560 cm). If the water reaches 615 centimeters, the river will begin to flood residential buildings.
