In all as of today, 10 fires burning in the Irkutsk region are covering an aggregate space of 1,000 hectares, reports the Irkutsk forest-protection air base. Apart from forestry officers and air patrols, the firefighting effort involves aviation and ground-based firefighting equipment.
The fire-hazardous situation, which is quite unusual for this time of the year, was prompted by a spell of warm dry weather and bonfires that gatherers of mushrooms and berries light in the taiga.
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