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In the republic, they continue to fight natural fires: from the air and from the ground, both professional rescuers, employees of forestry protection and the Ministry of Ecology, and local residents. Some of the fires in remote areas with an area of almost 1 million hectares were decided not to be extinguished – about 150 foci remain under observation. “We still hope that next week we will be able to finally localize it,” said the head of Yakutia, Aisen Nikolaev. Kommersant’s special correspondent Vladimir Soloviev looked at the work of volunteers and firefighters.
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