Forest Fire (25470 ha) in Russian Federation 07 May 2022

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1006340
Countries: Russian Federation
Start Date - Last detection*: 07 May 2022 - 26 May 2022
Duration (days): 19
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 25470 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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Putin instructed to prepare draft decrees on measures to reduce forest ... 2022-06-03T14:51+0200.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to prepare draft decrees on measures to reduce forest fires by June 10. “To submit, in accordance with the established procedure, draft decrees of the President of the Russian Fede
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Environmental damage Russians inflicted on Luhansk region stands at ov ... 2022-05-29T07:11+0200.

According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the press service of the State Ecological Inspectorate. "Specialists of the State Ecoinspectorate with the help of modern space technology have detected large-scale forest fires in Luhansk region
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Forest fire area in Russia grows by 4,500 hectares per day - Forest Pr ... 2022-05-16T09:38+0200.

VLADIVOSTOK, May 16, 2022 (BSS /TASS) - The total area of forest fires in. Russia has increased by 4,500 hectares over the past day, the press service of the Federal Aviation Forest Protection Service reported on Monday. As of Sunday mornin
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“Working ahead of the curve”: a representative of Avialesookhrana talk ... 2022-05-07T08:46+0200.

The Russian method of fighting forest fires is more effective than that used by a number of other countries. Alexey Naryshkin, head of the public relations department of the FBU Avialesookhrana, spoke about this in an interview with RT. Acc
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),