Forest fires have been engulfed in the Southeast Siberia in the Asian part of Russia by 210,000 hectares of stands and threaten human dwellings. Local authorities refer to the current situation as disastrous And they are trying to take measures to prevent the spread of fire. Informed about the news website Novaja Gazeta, writes TASR.
Forest fires in the Zabajkal region broke out this year rather than in other regionswhere they usually occur. It is Yakutia, Buriat, the Chabarov region and the Irkuts region.
In these regions, it does not yet burn, but the Ministry of Natural Resources warns that The “new season” will generally be very demanding: Not only Siberia and Far East, but also regions in the west of the European part of Russia, where drought is intensifying. According to experts, Briana, Vladimirská, Voronežská and other areas are at risk.
A state of emergency of federal importance was declared in the Zabajkal region on April 23. A year ago, ten times less of the forest area burned at this time, and the emergency was valid in only one district – Akšinský, on the border with Mongolia. Currently, there are 44 fires of fires, the largest of which threatens the village of Tungokoken in the north of the region.
April 17 The governor of the Zabajkal region Alexandr Osipov signed a decree for banning the inhabitants of the region to go to nature and even to recreational centers. Traveling between settlements now requires the approval of local authorities. Authorities want to set up at least two control habitats in each municipality over 1,000 inhabitants.
It burns not only forests, but also built -in development. In the village of Olovianaja, a discount shop was ignited, near the town of Čita almost burned down the gardening community and a garage and three private houses burned and was also ignited by an abandoned boarding house. The inhabitants of the village of Ust-Karsk remained three weeks ago without connecting to the world, because wooden columns with telephone lines burned. In addition, the region is plaguing smog.
“Despite the fact that forest fires are in Russia every year, local and federal authorities are still unable to prepare for it,” His reported for Novaja’s news website Gazeta Anton Benslavsky, a specialist in the prevention and extinguishing of natural fires and co -founder of the NGO Pyrocene Alliance.
“The state of forestry in the Russian Federation since 2006 has best described the word chaos,” explained Benslavsky. “Extinguishing forest fires has never been a priority, and especially now that the war is with Ukraine and all sources are directed there,” added. According to his estimates with a fire in the Zabajkal region, only 1,500 firefighters are fighting, which is enough to protect the inhabited areas. “This is disastrously few. It is a defensive extinguishing,” made it clear.
Meanwhile, officials accuse the fires of the inhabitants themselves. The police and the Ministry of Emergency Situations regularly publish the award of arson. Most often they are local residents who could not guard the fire.
They also seek the culprits with the help of reporters. The aid in catching a lighter is a promise: It is possible to obtain up to 250 000 rubles (EUR 2,663) for the acknowledgment of a particular person: 100,000 rubles (EUR 1,065) for “reliable information about the arson” and another 150,000 rubles (€ 1,598) if the police also hold it.
According to Beneslavsky, nine out of ten forest fires are actually caused by people, but often unintentionally. The locals deliberately burn dry grass in the spring because it is the cheapest way to clean the land, pastures or dispose of wasteexplains the expert.
Firing is often children. According to Viktor Minin from the Ministry of Extraordinary Situations, up to 31 minors were detained from the Extraordinary Situations. TASS reported on Sunday about the latest fire in the village of Tajožnoje in the Krasnoyarsk region, where at least four family houses are burning. For the time being, the fire has engulfed an area of 900 square meters.
