7600 people protect Khabarovsk Territory from taiga fires

Khabarovsk Territory — one of the most woody to Russian Federation. In the region since the beginning of a fire-dangerous season already there were 286 landscape fires, including 65 forest. In the southern areas the particular fire-prevention treatment is established. — Today our edge the group of forces and the means numbering 7 600 people protects, more than 2 thousand pieces of equipment, 18 aircrafts. Forest conservation is carried out by 36 forest fire formations, and these are 106 groups of fire extinguishing — Mikhail Degtyarev told. Let's remind that the governor made the decision to reduce control zones by 11,6 million hectares. For this purpose in the north the full will be created...