INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
dead grass, trees and thick undergrowth on fire during the least hazardous season to prevent inflammation in the hot and dry summer months
land covered by forests has been reduced by 30% over the past 30 years due to regular fires
Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk, as well as the republic of Khakassia, last week left several hundred thousand households without
emergency in the Yeravninsky district bordering the Zabaikalsky region
More than 3,400 hectares of forest were ablaze in Buryatia as of Thursday.Experts predict that the destruction brought by the 2025 wildfire
season in Russia could surpass the devastating three-year record of 13.8 million hectares set last year.While April is likely to be marked
by most instances of forest fires affecting houses and infrastructure, July and August will likely bring toxic wildfire smog to major
Though the figure amounts to a nominal increase of funding by 40% compared to last year, the amount of money spent on fire protection did
not increase significantly between 2022 and 2024 despite worsening fires and 16% inflation, according to investigative news outlet The
This means that in some Russian regions, one fire management specialist is responsible for overseeing an area as large as 60,000
expense of other areas of the budget and sparked a large outflow of able-bodied men from regions most affected by wildfires to the front
