There are 16 wildfires in the Magadan Region. Their total area exceeds 11 thousand hectares. A high class 4 fire hazard remains in the Khasynsky, Susumansky urban districts, as well as in the continental part of the Olsky urban district.
As IA MagadanMedia was told in the fire and rescue center of the Magadan region, taking into account the projected fire hazard, the greatest risk of emergency remains in the Olsky, Tenkinsky, Khasynsky and Susumansky urban districts.
On the morning of August 10, a special fire regime operates in five urban districts. The most difficult situation is observed in the Srednekansky and Severo-Evensky urban districts.
The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Magadan Region noted that the fires do not pose a threat to settlements, economic facilities and socially significant facilities. Rospotrebnadzor, in turn, notes that the excess of the MPC level for carbon monoxide has not yet been recorded. There is no smoke in the settlements.
On August 7, it was reported that a resident of the Magadan region would have to pay 145 thousand rubles for the damage she caused when she accidentally set fire to the forest. She was also sentenced to 300 hours of compulsory labor. We are talking about the May fire in the area of ​​Cape Starikov. It started out of careless handling of a homemade stove.