The situation connected with wild fires may aggravate in a number of regions of Central Russia, Itar-Tass quoted the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (RME) as reporting. "According to forecasts, the most difficult situation may develop in the Far Eastern, Siberian and Central Federal Districts, in the Khabarovsk, Baikal, Altai, Amur, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Moscow, Ryazan and Yaroslavl Regions," the ministry reports. "Over the past 24 hours, two wild fires on an area of more than 0.3 hectares were registered in Central Russia, all of them were put out," the report says. According to Tuesday's morning data, there are no wild fires in the Central Federal District at present. All in all, eighty wild fires, or 8.5 times less than over the same period of 2010, were registered in Central Russia this spring. "Their total area amounted to 44.9 hectares, which is 11.7 times less than last year," the report noted.
