The fire danger indicator is 5 times higher than the critical level
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The Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center warns of a high fire hazard in the southern, central and eastern regions of Ukraine.
This was announced at a press conference in Kiev Director of the Hydrometeorological Center Nikolai Kulbida.
"Unfortunately, there were no effective precipitation in a number of areas, as a result, we have an extremely high class of fire danger, which has already formed as of today almost throughout the entire southern, central and eastern regions of Ukraine, and the fire hazard indicator is three to five times higher exceeds the critical level, "N. Kulbida said.
He noted that the weather conditions, which are expected in the future, will lead to a decrease in the fire danger index due to the fall of moderate rains in some regions - in the Kharkiv, in part, Dnepropetrovsk and Donetsk regions, and in other regions it will continue to grow.
Nikolai Chechetkin, Deputy Director of the Department of Emergency Rescue Forces Management of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, said that according to current data, over 6,000 fires have occurred in natural ecosystems, with about 1 thousand fires in the forest itself.
The predominant majority of fires - about 80% - occur in open areas due to uncontrolled burning of garbage, dry vegetation and dry grass residues, agricultural land, along roads and highways.
N. Chechetkin added that for the prevention and response to possible fires in nature, groups were formed in which 7,5 thousand people and 1,5 thousand units of equipment are involved.