In 2021 the area of forest fires decreased by 12 times

A photo from archive on February 25, Minsk / BELTA/Correspondent. In 2021 the area of forest fires decreased by 12 times. The minister told forestry about it Vitaly Aleksandrovich Drozhzha during enlarged meeting of board of department, reported Belarusian cable agency "Belta" in the ministry press service. "Last year in Minleskhoz's forest fund there were 440 cases of forest fires on the total area of 503,6 hectares. For comparison, in 2020 987 cases on the area more than 6 thousand hectares" were recorded, - Vitaly Aleksandrovich Drozhzha told. It was succeeded to reduce a fire area by 12 times not only at the expense of weather climatic conditions, but also thanks to the technical...