More than one million hectares of woodland hit by fires in Siberian Krasnoyarsk region

MOSCOW, July 30. /TASS/. /TASS/. Firefighters are combatting over 130 wildfires blazing on the territory of nearly 96,500 hectares in Russian regions, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said on Tuesday.

"As of 12am on 30 July 2019, active firefighting efforts are underway combatting 137 forest fires reported on the territory of 96,445 hectares, including 58 wildfires in forests on the territory of 71,836 hectares in the Irkutsk region and 36 wildfires in forests on the territory of 19,552 hectares in the Krasnoyarsk region," the press service said.

Over 2,800 people and 363 units of equipment are involved in extinguishing forest fires.

The Aerial Forest Protection Service said that 328 wildfires swept through 2,7 mln hectares in hardly accessible areas.

The state of emergency over wildfires was declared in the Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions, as well as in parts of the Buryatia and Yakutia regions.