Over 450 thousand hectares of forest fires were extinguished by aviation of the Russian Defense Ministry in the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Irkutsk Regions, RIA Novosti reported referring to the military department.
IL-76 BTA aircraft made 24 sorties on Saturday, having discharged over 1000 tons of water.
The crews of Mi-8 helicopters made 60 sorties, dropping over 600 tons of water to 32 open fire centers.
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