In the Krasnoyarsk Territory forest fires increase. During the day their number increased from 4 to 11, with 13 more foci still managed to extinguish.

On Tuesday, 4 fires were registered with a total area of ??58 hectares. They were in the Abansk and Dzerzhinsky districts.

13 fires in the area of ??184 hectares were eliminated. 180 people were involved, 34 units of equipment. Five aircraft carried the delivery of forces and equipment to the places of fires, carried out patrols. Since April 20, a special fire prevention regime has been introduced in the region.

The situation was sharply complicated in the afternoon. The situation was aggravated by heat and strong wind of up to 30 meters per second. In the village of Dzerzhinsky a three-apartment house burned down. Other settlements received more. In Lesosibirsk, several woodworking enterprises and several streets of the village of Strelka burned down in the city. In Strelka, a bakery and a housing and utilities building were burnt, but the substation managed to be defended. And the bread will now have to be transported by ferry from Lesosibirsk. 20 houses were burned down in the village of Malaya Ket, the school building was damaged and nine houses were destroyed by fire at Tilichet station. In the Aban district, the fire approached the industrial site, located 10 km from the village of Aban. 1200 square meters was covered by fire. The fire rages in the city of Kansk. 73 houses were damaged, 207 people were left homeless. City in smoke. Two people died. The total number of people left homeless in the province is close to 500. Many victims went to relatives. In Kansk and Lesosibirsk, there were opened evacuation points for fire victims, the collection of money, things and supplies for the victims was started. On Thursday morning, the Krai leadership will leave for Kansk to assess the situation on the spot and find out what assistance is required.

The cause of fires were grass fires. The fire spread to trees and houses. Suffered mainly wooden houses in the villages and the private sector in Kansk. So in Kansk there were six fires in one and a half hours.

And if the first managed to manage quickly, then after the fire of the sawmill with a huge amount of harvested wood in the city, panic began, there were rumors that this fire cut off three streets of the city.

Aviation will be sent to Kansk and Lesosibirsk. Now more than 100 people and 58 pieces of equipment are engaged in extinguishing, including two fire trains. The technique is being pulled from the nearest districts. The population was evacuated from the danger zone. The situation in Lesosibirsk is complicated by the fact that additional forces in the city can only get through the ferry crossing.