Eight hundred and thirty-one wildfires have been registered in Russia, including 42 peat bog fires, the Emergency Situations Ministry has reported.
Two hundred and forty-eight forest fires have broken out over the past 24 hours, and 273 have been put out. Five hundred and fifty-eight fires are raging on an area of 179,596 hectares, compared to 588 on an area of 193,834 hectares over the previous 24 hours, of which 293 have been localized on an area of 82,032 hectares. Eighty major fires are burning on an area of 150,852 hectares, the ministry said on its website.
Forty-two peat bog fires broke out on Thursday, and ten were put out. Thirty-nine fires are continuing to burn, including 27 in the Moscow region, seven in the Sverdlovsk region, two in the Kirov region and one each in the Tver, Kaluga and Pskov regions.
In all, 161,876 personnel and 26,384 pieces of equipment, including 25 aircraft, are involved in the firefighting effort.
The number of peat bog fires has increased 4.2 times this year to 969 compared to 230 last year. The area of peat bog fires has increased 1.7 times.
The Emergency Situations Ministry also reported that 47 water accidents have occurred in which 38 people died and 15 were rescued.
